IN  MEMORIAL 
J.  Henry  Senger 


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EonDon :    C.  J.  CLAY  and  SONS, 

CAMBRIDGE   UNIVERSITY   PRESS    WAREHOUSE, 
AVE    MARIA    LANE. 


tfambrtofle :    DEIGHTON,   BELL,  AND  CO. 
%tiv}iQi  F.  A.  BROCKHAUS. 


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(1749—1759) 
GOETHE'S    BOYHOOD 

BEING   THE   FIRST   THREE  BOOKS   OF 
HIS   AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

ARRANGED   AND   ANNOTATED       > 
WILHELM    WAGNER,    Ph.  D. 

LATE   PROFESSOR   AT   THE  JOHANNEUM,    HAMBURG. 


EDITED    FOR    THE    SYNDICS    OF    THE    UNIVERSITY   PRESS. 


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AT  THE   UNIVERSITY   PRESS. 
1889 

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IN  MEMORIAM 


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PRINTED    BY    C.  J.   CLAY.,    M.A.    AND    SONS, 
ATfTHB   UW*VERS;TY    PRESS. 


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auSfertigte.  ©in  alter  Ijeiterer  italtenifd)er  ©prad)meifter, 
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ber  2l(te  nid)t  iibel,  unb  meine  SRuttcr  mufte  fid)  bequemen6, 
t£)it  unb  fid)  felbft  mit  bem  £(attiere  tagtid)  $u  accompagniren7; 
ba  id)  benn  ba3  Solitario  bosco  ombroso8  batb  fennen 
(ernte  unb  au^wenbig  ttmfte,  efje  id)  e6  fcerftanb. 

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(einer  (Sntfernung  tton  @efd)aften10  oolite  er  gem  ba^jenige, 
\va$  er  ttmpte  unb  ttermod)ten,  auf  Slnbere  ubertragen.  ©o 
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italienifd)en  ©prad)e  einige  £enntnif  unb  notfybiirftige 12 
gertigfeit  $u  ertterben. 

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gefyiitet,  nur  ba6  SRinbejle  im  «£>aufe  gu  tferanbcrn5  ober  ju 
erneuern;  aber  man  tt>u£te  ttofjl,  bafj  er  fid)  gu  einem 
^auptbau6  sorbereitete,  ber  nunmefyr  and)  fogleid)  ttorge* 
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2)a  nun  alfo   ba£   (Sinreifen   unb   2lufrid)ten  aflmafilidb 


6  Stite  meinem  Seben. 

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and)  feine  gamilie  nid?t  t>on  fid)  taffen.  Staff  neue  (Specie 
war  ben  Stnbern  fefyr  iiberrafd)enb  unb  fonberbar.  2)ie 
3immer,  in  benen  man  fie  oft  enge  genug  gefyatten  unb  mit 
n>enig  erfreulid^em2  Semen  unb  2lrbeiten  geangftigt,  bie 
®ange3,  auf  benen  fie  gefyielt,  bie  SBanbe,  fur  beren  diem 
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eine  5ffenfli#e  ©d)ule  $u  f^irfen. 

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ftaufe  gegennxirtig  $u  fein. 

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mieber  etn,  ftelcfye  in  ben  fammtltcfyen  itinberfityfen10  jeber^ett 
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3ett13  entfpringenbe  neue  Stabt,  baS  SBogen  unb  Sreiben14, 
ba3  Slblaben  unb  2lu3pacfen  ber  SBaaren  erregte  son  hn 
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ifjrer  tterfefytebenen  Xljeile  gegen  cinanber19  auSwedjfeln. 

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fyaufen23  IjinauS ;  atle  genfter  waren  befefct24,  oljne  bap  ben 


12  Stu6  metnem  Se6en. 

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ba  $u  fein,  urn  fi$  ju  brangen,  unb  bie  3uf$auer,  urn  ficfy 
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mefyr  geglaubt  a(6  mit  Slugen  gefefyen4. 

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3eber  nad)  Selieben6  Unrest  tfyat,  ober  nad)  Zuft  bad  9ied?te7 
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nid)t  auf,  bm  feit  3af)rljunberten  bauernben  3tt#20  enblid? 
einmal  bei^ulegen,  aid  bie  gan$e  Slnftalt,  mdfyalb  er  fo  lange 
unb  oft  feljr  fyeftig  gefitfjrt21  woxbm  wax,  beinaf)  fur  unnii£, 
wenigftenS  fur  iiberfliiffig  angefefjen  tterben  fonnte. 

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tljeilungen,  mit  ben  Dberfyauptern22  an  %er  ©pi£e,  an  jenen 


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atte  grau  barin  fi&en;  toe^ljalb  benn  bie  ©trafenjungen9 
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bie  nad)ften  «§>aufer  son  icn  3ufd)auem  am  9Jleiften  gefud?t 
wurben. 

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fyellen  £age15  ba3  publicum  aufregte,  tt>ar  baS  $feifergerid)t. 
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toerben.    3)iefe6  gefd)alj  burd)  fymbolifd)e  ©aben,  toeld)e  bem 


14  2Iu6  metncm  Seben. 

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nerfyanbhmgen  Ijaften  inne,  ^feifer  unb  23egteitung  bleiben 
vox  ben  ©cfyranfen,  ber  Slbgefanbte  tritt  ijindn  unb  ftellt  fid) 
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barbringenbe  ©tabt1  t>or$uglid)  $u  Ijanbetn  pflegte.  3)er  ^feffer 
gait  gteid)fam  fur  alle  SBaaren,  unb  fo  brad)te  aud)  l)ier  ber 
Slbgefanbte  einen  fd)6n  gebred)felten  f)oljernen  5pofal  mit 
Cpfcffer  angefullt2.  tteber  bemfelben  (agen  ein  $aar  §anb* 
fd)uf)e,  numberfam  gefd)li£t,  mtt  ©eibe  befteppt  unb  bequaftct3, 
ate  3eirfKrt  einer  geftatteten  unb  angenommcnen  SSergun^ 
ftigung,  beffen  fid)  aud)  tt)of)l  ber  ftaifct  felbft  in  gennffen 
gatlen  bebiente.  3)aneben  fat)  man  ein  tteifkS  ©tabd)en4, 
mlti)£$  connate  bei  gefe£ltd)en  unb  gerid)tlid)en  «£>anbtungen 
nid)t  leid)t  fe£)(en  burfte.  $3  waren  nod;  einige  Heine  ©ilber* 
mitn^en5  fyin^ugefugt,  unb  bie  ©tabt  28orm3  brad)te  einen 
alten  gil^ut,  ben  (ie  immer  ttneber  einlofte6,  fo  ba£  berfelbe 
Biele  Safjre  ein  3?uge  biefer  Keremonien  getoefen. 

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abgegeben,  tton  bem  ©d)ultl)eif3en  bie  S3erfid)enmg  fort* 
bauernber  33egunftigung  empfangen,  fo  entfernte  er  fid)  au3 
bem  gefd)loffenen  £rcife ;  bie  $feifer  bliefen,  ber  3ug  gieng 
ab,  ttne  er  gefommen  n>ar,  ba6  ©ertc^t  tterfolgte  feine  @e* 
fd^afte,  bis  ber  jtteite  unb  enblid)  ber  britte  ©efanbte  eingefufyrt 
ttmrben ;  benn  fie  famen  erft  einige  3eit  nad)  cinanber,  tljeite 
bamit  baS  SSergnugen  be$  ^ublicum^  langer  baure,  tfyeilS 
aud)  tteil  e3  immer  biefelben  altertf)umlid)cn  SBirtuofen7  toaren, 
wcld)e  9turnberg  fur  fid)  unb  feine  SDtitftabte8  $u  unter fatten 
unb  jebe3  3al)r  an  Dxt  unb  ©telle9  $u  bringen  iibernommen 
f)atte. 

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mil  e3  un3  nid)t  toenig  fc^mcic^elte,  unfem  ©rof&ater  an 
einer  fo  efjrenttollen  ©telle  $u  fefyen,  unb  toeil  nrir  gettoljnlid) 
nod)  felbigen  £ag10  tfyn  ganj  befd)eiben  ju  befud)en  pfiegten, 
urn,  toenn  bie  ©rof  mutter  ben  ^feffer  in  iljre  ©ettmr^laben11 


1 6  2lu3  meinem  Seben. 

gefdjmttet  fyatte,  einen  Secret  unb  ®tabd)en\  em  $aar  §anb; 
fd)ul)2  ober  etnen  alten  9laber*2l[bu63  gu  erf)afc^)en.  SJian 
fonnte  fid)  btefe  fymbolifd)en,  ba3  2lltertf)ttm  gleicfyfam  f)er< 
twrgaubernben4  Geremomen  nid)t  erflaren  laffen,  ofyne  in 
ttergangene  3afjrf)unberte  ftieber  guriicfgefuf)rt  $u  tterben, 
ofyne  fid)  nad)  Sttten,  ®ebraud)en  unb  ©efinnungen  unferer 
SItoorbern5  ju  erfunbigen,  bie  ftd)  burd)  ttueber  auferftanbene 
^feifer  unb  Stbgeorbnete,  ja  burd)  f)anbgreiflid)e  unb  fur  un6 
befi^bare  ®abcn  auf  elite  fo  nnmberltd)e  2Betfe  ttergegen* 
wartigten. 

©eleven  alteljrfturbigen  geierlid)feiten  folgte  in  guter 
SaljrSjett  manned  fur  un$  ftinber  fuftreid)ere6  geft  auf erfyalb 
ber  @tabt  unter  freiem  §immel.  2ln  bem  red)ten  Ufer  beS 
SRaittS  untertt>art£7,  ettt?a  eine  (jalbe  Stunbe  fcom  £f)or,  quillt 
em  ©d)tt)efelbrunnen8,  fauber  eingefaft  unb  mit  uralten 
Stnben  umgeben9.  9fid)t  fteit  bason  ftef)t  ber  §cf  ju  ben 
guten  Seuten10,  efymalS  em  urn  biefer  £luette  ttnllen  zxbaute$ 
^ofpital11.  2tuf  im  ©emeintoeiben12  umfyer  tierfammelte 
man  gu  etnem  gettnffen  Sage  beS  3af)re3  bte  9imb£ie{)f)eerben 
au3  ber  9kd)barfd)aft,  unb  bte  §irten  fammt  ifyren  9Mbd)en13 
feterten  em  lanblid)e3  gfefi,  mtt  JEanj  unb  ©efang,  mtt 
mandjerlei  Suft  unb  ttnge^ogenljeit14.  2luf  ber  anbem  (Settc 
ber  ©tabt  fag  em  afjnlid)er,  nur  groferer  @emeinbepla&15, 
gteid)fal(3  burd)  etnen  Srunnen  unb  burd)  nod)  fd)onere 
SSttDen  gegtert.  2)ortljin  trieb  man  $u  SPfmgflen  bte  ©d)af* 
fyeerben,  unb  $u  g(eid)er  3eit16  (tep  man  bte  armen  fcer< 
b(eid)ten17  SBatfenftnber  au$  iljren  9JJauern18  in3  grete; 
benn  man  foflte19  erft  fyater  auf  ben  ©ebanfen  geratfyen, 
baf*  man  fold)e  fcerlaffene  ftreaturen20,  bte  fid)  etnft  burd) 
bte  SBelt  burdfeufyelfen  genotfjigt  ftnb,  fritf)  mtt  ber  SBelt  in 
2?erbinbung  bringen,  anftatt  fie  auf  eine  traurige  SBeife  $u 


(Srftee  93u$.  17 

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miiffe  unb  alte  Urfad)3  fjabe,  fie  son  £inbe$beinen  an*  fo* 
n)cf)(  p^fifd)  ci(6  moralifd)  jit  fraftigen.  35te  Slmmen  unb 
9Jtagbe,  tt)eld)e  ftd)  felbft  immer  gern  einen  ©pajiergang 
bereiten,  tterfefylten  ntc^t,  son  ben  friifyften  Stikn,  un3  an 
bergteid^en  Drte  5U  tragen  unb  $u  fufjren,  fo  bap  biefe  lanb* 
lichen  gefte  tt>of)l  mit  $u  ben  erften  Stnbrudfen  geljoren, 
beren  id)  mid)  ertnnern  fann. 

3)a6  §au6  war  inbeffen  fertig  gettorben,  unb  $ftar  in 
$iemlid)  fuqer  3«t/  n>eit  alleS  ttofjl  itberlegt,  t>orbercitct  unb 
fur  bie  notfyige  ©elbfumme5  geforgt  ttar.  SBir  fanben  un* 
nun  2lKe  ttneber  serfammelt  unb  fiifjlten  un3  befyaglid)6:  benn 
ein  n>ofjlau6gebad)ter  $(an,  ttenn  cr  auSgefuljrt  baftefyt,  (apt 
2tHe^  ttergeffen,  tt>a^  bie  SRittel,  urn  ju  biefem  3^>ccf  $u  ge* 
langen,  UnbequemeS  mogen  geljabt  Ijaben7.  3)a3  §au3  wax 
fur  eine  ^tir>attt)of)nung  geraumig  genug,  bureaus  fjetl  unb 
Ijeiter8,  bie  Steppe  fret,  bie  SSorfale9  lufttg,  unb  jene  2lu3fid)t 
iiber  bie  ©arten  au3  mefjrcren  genftern  bequem  $u  geniepen. 
2)er  innere  2lu6bau,  unb  tt>a3  jur  SSoHenbung  unb  3ierbe10 
get)ort,  toarb  nad)  unb  nad)  t>oUbra(^>t  unb  biente  jugleid) 
pit  23efd)aftigung  unb  $ur  Unterfyaltung. 

2)a3  ©rfte,  tt)a6  man  inDrbnung  bradjjte,  wax  bie  33iicf)er* 
fammlung11  be$  93ater3,  son  n>elc^er  bie  beften,  in  gran$*  ober 
«£>albfran$banb12  gebunbenen  93ud)er  bie  SBanbe  feineS  2lrbcit6* 
unb  ©tubier$immer3  fd)mudfen  follten.  ©r  befap  bie  fcfyonen 
fyotlanbifd)en  2Iu$gaben  ber  latemifdjen  ©d)riftftelkr13,  wdfyt 
er  ber  aupem  Uebereinftimmung  tt>egen  fammtltd)  in  Guart 
an$ufd)affen  fud)te;  fobann  SStele^  n>a^  fid)  auf  bie  romifd)en 
2tnttquttaten  unb  bie  elegantere  3uri3pruben$14  be$ief)t.  2)ie 
t>or$uglid)ften  itatienifc&en  3)id)ter  fefjlten  nid)t,  unb  fur  ben 
£affo15  bejeigte16  er  eine  grope  SSorliebe.  2)ic  beften  neuften 
G.  b.  2 


1 8  SluS  metnem  Seben. 

Sieifebefdjretbungen  tt>aren  and)  fcorfyanben,  unb  er  felbft 
mad)te  ft$  ein  SSergnugen  barauS1,  ben  $ty$kx  unb  9lemei$2 
3U  beridjtigen  unb  ^u  crganjcn.  9ttd)t  tteniger  Ijatte  er  fic^> 
mtt  ben  notfjigften  £itf$mitteln  umgeben,  mit  28orterbitd)ern 
au$  tterfcfyiebenen  ©:pracl)en3,  mtt  Sfteatlerifen4,  baf  man  fid; 
alfo  nad)  Selieben  9?atfj$5  erfyolen  fonnte,  fo  tt)ie  mtt  mand)em 
Slnbern,  \x>a$  $um  -Rufcen  unb  SSergnitgen  geretd)t. 

2)ie  anbere  «£)alfte  biefer  23ud)erfammlung,  in  faubern 
^ergamentbanben  mtt  fefyr  fd)im  gefcfyriebenen  SEiteln,  warb 
in  etnem  befonbern  SWanfarb^immer6  aufgeftellt.  3)a3  9?ad^ 
fcfyaffen7  ber  neuen  23ud)er,  fo  tt>ie  ba3  33inben  unb  (Stnreifjen8 
berfelben  betrieb  er  mtt  grower  @elaffen()eit9  unb  Drbnung. 
2)abei  fatten  bie  geteljrten  2ln$eigen10,  ttelcfye  biefem  ober 
jenem  2Serf  befonbere  93or$uge  beitegten,  auf  if)n  grojjen 
(SinflujjL  Seine  ©ammtung  juriftifd)er  SMffertationen  tot* 
meljrte  \\6)  ityxlid)  urn  eintge  23anbe. 

SunSoft  aber  nmrben  bie  ©emaibe,  bie  (onft  in  bem 
alten  §aufe  jerjireut  f)erumgef)angen,  nunmefyr  jufammen 
an  ben  SBanben  eineS  freunbltd)en  3immtr0  neben  ber 
Stubierftube,  alle  in  fti&warjen,  mit  golbenen  <2tabd)en  soet^ 
jierten  9iat)men,  fymmetrifd?  angebrac^t.  SRein  SSater  fyatte 
ben  ©runbfafc,  ben  er  ofterS  unb  fogar  letbenfc^aftlic^  au6* 
fprad),  baf  man  bie  (ebenben  2Relfiet  befefyaftigen  unb  tteniger 
auf  bie  abgefefyiebenen  ftenben11  folle,  bei  beren  ©<$afcung 
fel)r  tttel  93orurt()eiI  mit  uitterfaufe.  ©r  f)atte  bie  93orftettung, 
baf  e$  mit  ben  ©emalben  twflig  \vk  mit  ben  9ft)etntt)einen 
befefyaffen  fet,  bie,  n>enn  ifjnen  gletd)12  ba8  Sifter  einen  ttor* 
jugltti&en  SBcrtf)  beilege,  bennod)  in  jebem  folgenben  3af)re 
ebenfo  ^ortrcfflid^  al3  in  ben  flergangenen  fimnten  Ijemr* 
gebrad)t  tterben13.  s3?acf;  SScrlauf  einiger  3^tt  fterbe  ber  neue 
2Betn    and)   ein  alter,  ebenfo   foftbar  unb  ttielieicfyt  nod; 


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$u  erfyalten  fcfytenen,  roeil  fie  bunffer  unb  brauner  gettorben 
unb  ber  f)armonifd)e  Son  etneS  (eleven  23ilbe$  ofter^2  gcriifjmt 
wurbe.  SQtetn  SSater  tterfid)erte  bagegen,  cS  (ei  ifym  gar 
nid)t  bange3,  bap  bie  neuett  Silbet  fiinftig  nic^t  and)  f$n>ar$ 
tt>erben  fottten;  bap  (ie  aber  gerabe  baburcfy  gctoonnen,  oolite 
er  nid^t  ^ugeftefjen. 

9D?an  fcfyritt  auf  biefe  SBetfe  mit  93o(lenbung  ber  iibrigen 
Simmer  nad)  ifjren  £erfd)iebenen  23eftimmungen  toeiter4. 
9fceinltc$feit  unb  Drbnung  f)errfd)ten  im  ©an^en;  »otjfigK($ 
trugen  grope  Spiegelfd)eiben5  bag  Sfyrige  $u  einer  ttollfom; 
menen  §el(igfeit6  bei,  bie  in  bem  alten  §aufe  auS  mef)veren 
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fd)eiben7  gefefylt  fjatte.  2)er  SSater  jeigte  fid)  fetter,  tt)ei(  if)m 
2lfle3  gut  gelungen  nxtr;  unb  ttxire  ber  gute  «§umor  nid)t 
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gleip  unb  bie  ©enauigfeit8  ber  §anbtterfer  feinen  gorbe* 
rungen  entfprad)en,  (0  fjdtte  man  fein  glutf(id;erc3  Seben 
benfen  fonnen9,  $umal  ba  mand)e3  ®uk  tljeilS  in  ber  gamtlie 
(elbft  entfprang,  tfyeitS  if)r  son  aupen  $uflop. 

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bie  ©emutt^rnfye11  be6  £naben  jum  erftenmal  im  Siefften1" 
erfd)iittert.  21m  erften  SRo&embet  1755  creignete  fid)  ba3 
©rbbeben  tton  Siffabon  unb  tterbreitete  iiber  bie  in  grieben 
unb  9tuf)e  fd)on  eingettoljnte  SSelt13  einen  ungefjeuren 
©d)redfen.  (Sine  grope,  prad)tige  9?efiben$14,  $ug(eid)  «£>anbel& 
unb  <§afenftabt,  n>irb  ungetoarnt15  t>on  bem  furd)tbarften 
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brauft  auf,  bie  Sd)iffe  fc^tagen  jufammen16,  bie  ^aufer  jiirjen 


20  2lu3  meinem  £eben. 

ein,  $ttd)en  unb  Sfjutme  bauibet  f)et,  bet  fontglid)e  *)3ataft 
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fcfyeint  gtammen  ju  fpeien;  benn  ubetall  melbet  fid)  9?aud) 
unb  33tanb  in  ben  9tutnen.  ©e<$jigtaufenb  9Jfenfd)en2, 
einen  2lugenblidf  ^uset  nod)  tuljig  unb  befyagtid),  gefjen  mit 
einanbet  ^u  ©tunbe,  unb  ber  glud(td)fte  barunter  ift  bet  $u 
nennen,  bem  feine  (Smpftnbung,  feme  23efinnung  itbet  ba6 
ttnglucf  mef)t  geftattet3  ift.  2)ie  glammcn  ftuttfyen  fort4,  unb 
mtt  ifynen  toutfyt  cine  @c^aat  [onft  fcetbotgenet5  obet 
butd)  btefeS  ©retgnif  in  gteifjeit  gefeftfet  93etbted)et.  3)te 
unglucfltd;en  tfebttggebltebenen  finb  bem  *Raube,  bem 
SJtotbe,  alien  9Jti^anb(ungen  blofgeftellt6,  unb  fo  be* 
fyauptet  fcon  alien  ©eiten  bte  $latux  ifjte  fd)tanfentofe 
SBillfut. 

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son  biefem  25otfall  fid)  butd)  gtofe  Sanbfttecfen8  t>erbreitet; 
an  fctelen  Dtten  waxen  fd)tt)ad)ete  @tfd)uttetungen  ^u  set* 
fpiiten,  an  mand)en  £luellen,  befonbetS  bm  fyetlfamen,  etn 
ungett)ofjnlid)e3  3nnef)alten  ^u  bemetfen  gen>efen9 :  urn  befto 
grower  ttat  bte  SBitfung  bet  9tad)tid)ten  fetbft,  n>elc^e  ex\t  im 
Slllgemeinen,  bann  aha  mit  fd)tedflid)en  @in$elt)eiten  fid)  tafd) 
tizxbxateten.  «£netauf  lief  en  eS  bie  @otte£futd)tigen  nt$t  an 
33ettad)tungen,  bte  *)3f)itofopf)en  nid)t  an  Stoftgtitnben,  an 
©ttafptebigten  bte  @eiftltd)feit  nid)t  feljlen.  ©o  ttieleS 
gufammen  tid?tete  bte  2lufmetffamfett  bet  SBelt  eine  3eit 
lang  auf  biefen  tyunft,  unb  bie  butd)  ftembeS  Ungtitcf 
aufgetegten  ©emiitljet  ttmtben  butd)  ©otgen  fur  fid)  felbft 
unb  bie  3ijtigen  urn  fo  mefyt  geangftigt,  ate  itbet  bie  toett* 
fcetbteitete  SBitfung  btefet  ©rplofton  son  alien  Dxkn  unb 
(Snben  immet  meljtete  unb  umftanblic&ete10  5ftad)ttd)ten  ein* 
liefen.    3a,  DieUeid^t  §at  bet  2)amon  beS  ©d)tetfen$  ju 


©rfteS  33u$.  21 

feiner  Stit1  fo  fc^nell  unb  (0  macfytig  feine  ©chatter  uber  bie 
@rbe  tterbreitet. 

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^ornigen  ©ott,  son  bem  ba6  2l(te  Seftament  (0  siel  iiberliefert, 
unmittelbar  fetmert  $u  lernen.  Unt>erfef)en32  brad)  ein  $a* 
getoetter  fyerein  unb  fcfyfug  bie  neuen  ©piegelfcfyeiben  ber 
gegen  2(benb3  getegenen  <§>interfeite  be3  £aufe3  unter  Conner 
unb  33(i$en4  auf  baS  @ett)a(tfamfte  sufammen,  befdfyabigte  bte 
neuen  SKobeln5,  fcerberbte  einige  (debate6  Silver  unb  fonft 
wertfye  3)inge  unb  ttxtt  fur  bte  ftlnber  urn  fo  furd)terUd)er, 
ate  baS  gan$  auper  fid)  gefefcte  £au6gefinbe7  fie  in  einen 
bunflen  @ang  mit  fortrif  unb  bort  auf  ben  £nieen  (iegenb 
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$u  tterfoljnen  glaubte;  inbeffen  ber  93ater,  gan$  allein  gefa^t8, 
bie  genfterflugcl9  aufrij5  unb  auSfyob;  woburd)  er  $n>ar  manege 
6d)eiben  rettete,  abcr  aud)  bem  auf  ben  4?agel  fotgenben 
9tegenguf10  einen  befto  offnem  2Beg  bereitete,  fo  baf  man 
ftd)  nad)  enbtic^er  (Srfjofung11  auf  ben  SSorfalen  unb  Sreppen 
tton  flutljenbem  unb  vinnenbem  Staffer  umgeben  fat). 

©old)e  93orfalle,  voie  ftorenb  fie  aud)  im  ©atyen  waren, 
unterbracfyen  bod)  nur  wentg  ben  ©ang  unb  bie  golge12  be$ 
Unterrtd)t6,  ben  ber  SSater  felbft  un3  ifinbern  $u  geben  fid) 
einmal13  ttorgenommen.  @t  fyattz  feine  Sugenb  auf  bem 
5?oburger  ©^mnafium14  $ugebrad)t,  tt)eld)c3  unter  ben  beut* 
fd)en  Sefjranftatten  eine  ber  erften  ©telkn  einnaf)m.  (Sr 
fjatte  bafelbft  einen  guten  ©runb  in  ben  ©prad)en  unb  toaS 
man  fonft  $u  einer  gelefjrten  Sr^iefjung  red)nete,  gelegt,  nad)fjer 
in  Setp^ig  fic^>  ber  9ied)t3ftiffenfd)aft  befiiffen15  unb  jute^t  in 
©icfkn  promosirt16.  ©eine  mit  Srnft  unb  gleif  serfage 
2)iffertation:  Electa  de  aditione  hereditatis,  n>trt>  ttoc^ 
tton  ben  9ied)t3lef)rern17  mit  Sob  angefufirt. 

(§3  ift  ein  frommer  2Bunfd)18  after  SSater  baS,  \va$  ifenen 


22  2lu6  metnem  Seben. 

felbft  abgegangen1,  an  ben  ©ofjnen  realifirt2  gu  feljen,  fo 
oljngefaijr3  ate  tterm  man  gum  gn>eitenma(  lebte  uni>  bie 
Srfafyrungen  be3  erften  2eben3(aufe6  nun  erft  red?t  nu£en4 
ttollte.  3m  @efiif)l  feiner  5?enntniffe,  in  ®ett>ij*tjett  etner 
treuen  SluSbauer  unb  im  SKi^traucn  gegen  bie  bamaligen 
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rid^tcn  unb  nur  fo&tel,  ate  e3  nJtfyig  fc^ien,  eingelne  Stunben 
burd)  eigentlidje  Sef)rmciftcr5  gu  befe£en. 

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3tcmltc^  nad)  SBunfd)  gelungen;  td)  follte  bcnfelbcn  233  eg 
geljcn,  abcr  bequemer  unb  voeiter6.  @r  fc^a^te  meine  ange* 
bornen  ©aben  urn  fo  mefjr.  ate  fie  if)m  mangeften:  benn  er 
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unb  fpater,  im  @rnft  unb  @d)er$9,  ba£  er  mit  meinen  2ln* 
lagen10  fidf?  gang  embers  ttnirbe  benommen  unb  nid)t  fo 
lieberlid)11  bamit  nuirbe  gettrirt£)fd)aftet12  Ijaben. 

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teiner16  getoefen,  fo  fjatte  e3  fd)limm  mit  mir  auSgefefyen;  bod) 
biefen  trommelte  unb  fang  id)  mir  gem  ttor.  So  l)attcn  ttrir 
aud)  eine  @eograpf)ie  in  fo(d)en  @ebad)tnif^erfen17,  too  unS 
bie  abgefd)madftefien18  9ietme  ba3  gu  23ef)altcnbe  am  beften 
einpragten,  j.  23. 

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n>egen  bcren  er  mid)  mit  mand)em  fur  einen  Jfnaben  be* 
beutenben  @elbgeftf)enf  betoljnte. 

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fapte  ba$  3talienifd)e,  ba6  mir  a(6  cine  luftige  Slbfteic^ung5 
bc£  2atetnifd)en  aufftet,  fefyr  befyenbe6. 

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grope  SSorliebe  beljalten12,  gleid^faU^  3ura13  ftubieren,  atebann 
nod)  eine  anbre  Unfoerfttat  befudfjen  unb  promottiren  fotfte. 
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wafytn  nnirbe;  nur  gegen  ©ottingen  f)atte  er,  id)  tt)eip  ntd)t 
toarum,  eintge  Slbneigung,  ^u  meinem  Seibttefen;  benn  id) 
fjatte  gerabe  auf  biefe  tttel  Sutrauen  unb  grope  ^offnungen 
gefefct 

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burg15,  ntd^t  tteniger  nad)  SBien  unb  tton  ba  nad)  Staflen 
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$art3  ttorauS16  fefyen,  Weil  man  au$  Statien  fommenb  ficfy  an 
nid)t$  mef)r  erge£e. 


24  2tu6  meinem  Men. 

SHefeS  5Karc^en  meineS  fiinftigen  SugenbgangeS1  lief  id; 
mir  gem  ttneberfjolen,  befonberS  ba  e6  in  eine  Srja&hmg  son 
3ta(ien  unb  jule^t  in  eine  23efd)reibung  son  9teapel  auSlief. 
@ein  (onftiger  ©rnft  unb  £rotfenf)eit2  fd)ien  fid^  jeber^eit 
aufeulofen  unb  ^u  beteben,  unb  fo  erjeugte  fid)  in  un$  £inbern 
ber  Ieibenfd)aftUd)e  SBnnfd),  and)  biefer  ^arabiefe  tljeUljaft3 
^u  tterben. 

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jeber  tton  if)m  felbft  t>erfertigte  SSerfe  probuciren4  folfte.  Itnb 
f)ier  begegnete  mir  et)x>a$  2Bunberbare3,  wa$  mid)  fef)r  lange 
in  Itnruf)  fefcte*.  3Reme  @ebid)te,  n>te  fie  aud)  fein  molten, 
mufite  id;  tmmer  fur  bie  beffern  fyalten.  Slttein  id)  bemerfte 
batb,  bap  meine  SSJiitmerber,  tt)etd)e  fefjr  lafyme  2)inge  t>or^ 
bracbten,  in  bem  gleid)en  gafte  ftaren  unb  fid)  nid)t  ft>eniger 
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obgteicl)  ju  fotd)en  Slrbeiten  ttbllig  unfaljiger  iEnabe,  bem  id) 
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er  mir,  in  bem  fcertrauteren  33erf)altnifi,  ttorin  id)  mit  tfjm 
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fo  toll  ate9  fie  mir  florfommen10  mod)te?  2)iefe3  beunrufyigte 
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aufgaben,  wobei  i$  gut  beftanb  unb  allgemcineS  Sob  bason* 
trug. 

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seranftattet.  SDie  2l(ten  fatten  felbft  nod;  Iinb(id?e  @efin* 
nungen  unb  fanben  eS  bequem,  iljre  eigene  35i(bung  ber 
9?ad)fommenfd)aft  mttjutfjetlen.  Stufer  bem  Orbis  pictus 
be6  2Imo3  SomeniuS3  tarn  unS  fein  23ud)  biefer  2lrt  in  bie 
4?anbe;  aber  bie  grofe  goliobibel,  mit  ihtpferntton  9JJerian4, 
warb  Ijaufig  son  unS  burdjjblattert;  ©ottfriebS  Sljronif5,  mit 
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t)in3U;  unb  ba  id)  gar  balb  bie  Ot>tbtfc^en  9Sem>anb(ungen8 
gett)af)r  ttmrbe  unb  befonberS  bie  erften  S3iic^er  fleipig  ftubirte, 
fo  wax  mem  jungeS  ©efyirn  fd)nell  genug  mit  einer  SOlaffc 
tton  SSttbern  unb  23egebenf)eiten,  son  bebeutenben  unb  awn* 
bevbaren  ©eftalten  unb  (Sreigniffen  angefullt,  unb  id)  fonnte 
uiemafe  lange  SBeile9  Ijaben,  inbcm  id)  mid)  immerfort10 
befd)aftigte,  biefen  ©rtterb  ju  tterarbeiten,  ju  ttneberfjolen, 
nneber  fjerttoqubringen11. 

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rof)en  unb  gefaf)rlid)en  2l(tertf)umli($feiten13,  mad)te  genelonS 
Selemad)14,  ben  id)  erft  nur  in  ber  9teufircfyifd)en  Ueberfe^ung 
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gar  (life  unb  tt>of)lt[)atige  SBirfung  auf  meitt  ©emutf)  aufkrte. 
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ber  5Ratur  ber  ®ad)e;  baf  bie  3nfel  gelfenburg  nid)t  gefefylt 
fyahc,  laft  fid)  benfen.  Sorb  SlnfonS  9ieife  urn  bie  SBelt16 
tterbanb  ba3  SBiirbige  ber  293af)rf)eit  mit  bem  *)3fjantafiereid)en 
be$  SRard&enS,  unb  inbem  nnr  biefen  treff(id)en  ©eemann  mit 


26  2Iu6  meinem  Seben. 

ben  ©ebanfen1  begleiteten,  ttmrbcn  ttir  mit  in  atte  SBelt2 
f)tnau^gefuf)rt  unb  fcerfud)ten,  tfym  mit  unfern  gingern  auf 
bem  @lobu3  gu  folgen. 

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plo£lid)e3  ©emitter  auf  etne  f)odf>ft  tterbrief  lid)e4  2Beife  geftort 
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ttnrb,  fo  fallen  and)  bie  ifinberfranffjeiten  unerttartet  in  bie 
fcfyonfte  3af)r^eit5  be3  §riif)leben36.  SJitr  ergieng  e3  and; 
nid)t  anberS.  3d)  l)atte  mir  ekn  ben  gortunatuS  mit  feinem 
©ecfel  unb  2Bunfc^[)iitlein7  gefauft,  ate  mid)  ein  9Jti^bel)agen8 
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fef)r  problematifd)11  angefefyen,  unb  ob  fie  gteid)  populare 
@d)riftfteller  fd)on  fa^Uc^12  unb  einbringlid)  empfofyten,  fo 
gauberten  bod)  bie  beutfd)en  Slergte  mit  einer  Operation,  tt)cldf)e 
ber  -JJatur  ttorgugreifen13  fdfnen.  ©pecutirenbe  Snglanber 
famen  bafyer  aufS  fefte  £anb14  unb  tmpften,  gcgen15  ein 
anfcf)nlid)e3  «§onorar,  bk  £tnber  folder  ^erfonen,  bie  fie 
n>of)ll)abenb  unb  frei  flon  93orurtf)eif  fanben.  2)ie  5Kef)rga£)l 
jebod)  war  nod)  immer  bem  alten  Unveil16  au^gefe^t;  bie 
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ben  ©rfolg  mannigfaltig18  beftatigt  ttar.  3)a6  Uebel  betraf19 
nun  aud)  unfer  £au3  unb  itberftet  mid)  mit  gang  befonberer 
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@efid)t  gugebedft,  unb  iti)  lag  mefyrere  £age  blinb  unb  in 
grojkn  Seiben20.  9Jlan  fud^te  bie  m5gtid)fte  Sinberung21  unb 
tterfprad)  mir  golbene  Serge22,  mnn  td)  mid)  ruljig  tterfjalten 
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ttollte.    3d)  getoann  e323  iiber  mid);  inbeffen  f)ielt  man  un$, 


6rftc6  33u#.  27 

nad)  berrfd)enbem  93orurtl)eil,  (0  warm  ate  moglid)  unb  fcfyarfte1 
baburd)  nur  ba$  Uebel.  ©nblid),  nad)  traurig  verfloffener 
3ett2,  fiel  e6  mir  tine  eine  9Ra$fe  vom  @eftd)t,  oljne  baf  bie 
Slattern  eine  ftdfytbare  Spur  auf  ber  «£>aut  ^urudgelaffen3; 
after  bie  33i(bung  war  merflid)  veranbert.  3d)  felbft  war 
jufrteben,  nur  wieber  baS  £age£licl)t  $u  fefyen  unb  nad)  unb 
nad)  bte  fledige  $aut  ju  verlieren;  aber  Slnbere  waren  un* 
barmfjeqig  genug,  mid)  ofterfl  an  ben  vorigen  Suftanb  3U 
erinnern;  befonberS  eine  fefjr  lebfjaftc  Sante,  bie  fritter 
Slbgotterei4  mtt  mir  getriebcn  tjattc,  fonnte  mi$,  felbft  nod)  in 
fpatern  3al)ren,  felten  anfefyen,  ofyne  aufljurufen :  *Pfui!  93ctter, 
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fie  erregt,  wemt  fte  mid)  umfyergetragen ;  unb  fo  erfufjr  id) 
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if)nen  gewafjrt  fjaben,  fefjr  oft  empftnblid)  bitten  (affen. 

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Oualgetfter7  bcr  3ugenb  Ijcifen  mogen,  blieb  id)  verfd)ont, 
unb  jebeSmal  Verfid)erte  man  mir8,  e3  ware  ein  @(ucf,  baf 
biefeS  Uebel  nun  fur  immer  vouiber  fci ;  aber  leiber  brol)te 
fcfyon  wteber  ein  anbreS  im  §intergrunb  unb  rudfte  fjeran. 

23ei  ®elegenf)eit  biefeS  gamilienleibenS9  will  td)  aud) 
nod)  eirte^  23ruber3  gebenfen,  Weld)er,  urn  brei  Satyr  jungcr 
afe  id),  gteictyfalte  von  iener  SInftedung  ergriffen  wurbe  unb 
ntdtyt  Wenig  bavon  litt.  @r  war  von  garter  SRatur,  ftill 
unb  eigenfinnig,  unb  wir  fjattm  niemate  ein  eigentlic^eS 
33ertyaltnip  jufammen10.  $lud)  uberlebte  er  faum  bie  J^inber* 
jatyre11.  Unter  metyrern  nactygebornen12  @efd)wiftern,  bie 
gleid)falte  nictyt  lang  am  %zbm  blieben,  erinnere  id)  mid)  nur 
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aud)   balb  verfd)wanb,  ba  wir  benn  nad)  SSerlauf  einiger 


28  Slu6  meinem  Seben. 

Safyre,  id)  unb  meine  @d)n>efter,  unS  allein  ubrig  faljen  unt) 
nur  urn  fo  inniger  unb  liebettoller  serbanben. 

3ene  SfranWjeiten  unb  anbere  unangeneljme  ©tbrungen 
ttmrben  in  iljren  Solgen  boppelt  laftig:  benn  mein  93ater, 
ber  fid)  einen  geftiffen  @rjtel)img&  unb  Unterrid)t3falenber 
gemad)t  $u  i)aben  fd)ien,  n>olfte  jebeS  23erfaumni$  unmittelbar 
ttrieber  einbrtngen1  unb  belegte  bie  ©enefenben2  mit  boppelten 
Sectionen,  tt>eld)e  $u  leiften  mtr  jit>ar  nid)t  fd)n>er,  aber  in 
fofern  befd)tt>erttd)  ftel,  al6  e6  metne  innere  (§ntft>idf(ung,  bie 
eine  entfd)iebene  9ttd)tung  genommen  fyatte,  auffjielt  unb 
gennffermaj^en  ^uriicfbrangte. 

93or  biefen  bibaftifd)en  unb  pabagogifd)en  35ebrangniffen 
fluc^teten  voir  gett)i>l)nlid)  ju  ben  ©rojkltern.  3f)re  SBoljmmg 
lag  auf  ber  griebberger  @affe  unb  fd)ien  efjemaB  eine  33urg 
gettefen  $u  fein :  benn  tt>emt  man  Ijeranfam,  (at)  man  nid)t3 
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alle  $u  Siner  2Bof)nung  t>ereintgt  tt>aren.  ©eftofynlid)  eilten 
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wax;  bie  ©ange  meiftenS  mit  Stebgelanber8  eingefaft,  ein 
Xtjtxl  be3  9iaumS  ben  S?ud)engett)ad)fen,  ein  anbrer  ben 
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f^miicften.  2)ie  tange,  gegen  9Jtittag  gerid^tete  SDlauer  wax 
$u  tt)of)l  ge^ogenen  ©palier^firfic^baumen  genuijt10,  fcon 
benen  un6  bie  fcerbotenen  $rud)te  ben  ©ommer  iiber  gar 
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©eite,  Wtil  Wix  unfere  @enafd)igfett u  £)ier  nid)t  befriebigen 


SrfteS  Surf).  29 

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SlJlaulbeerbaum  bebeutenb,  fott>of)l  ftegen  feiner  %xufytc,  al3 
aud)  mil  man  un3  er$af)tte,  baf  tton  feinen  Slattern  bie 
@eibetttt>firmet  ftd)  ernafyrten.  3n  biefem  frieblid)en  Pettier 3 
fanb  man  jeben  Slbenb  ben  ©rof^ater  mit  bef)aglid)er 
@efd)aftigfeit 4  eigenfjanbig  bie  feinere  Dbft*  unb  SMumenjucfyt 
beforgenb,  tnbep  etn  ©artner  bie  grobere  Slrkit  t>errid)tete. 
2)ie  ttielfad)en  Semufyungen,  tocldje  notfyig  finb,  urn  einen 
fd)imen  9MfenfIor5  ju  crfyalten  unb  $u  wmefyren,  liefj  er 
fid)  mentals  flerbricfen.  Sr  felbft  banb  forgfaltig  bie  3>wige 
ber  ^firftc^baume  fac^erarttg6  an  bie  Spalicre,  urn  einen 
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unb  r>crtt>anbter  @emad)fe 8,  fo  n>te  bie  Serge  fur  2lufben>al> 
rung  berfelben  uberliej*  er  SKiemanben ;  unb  nod)  erinnere 
id;  mid)  gem,  nne  emfig  er  fid)  mit  bem  Dculircn9  ber 
r>erfd)iebenen  Siofenarten  befd)aftigte.  2)abet  $og  er,  urn  fid) 
fcor  ben  3)ornen  ju  fd)u|3cn,  jene  altertljumlicfyen  (ebernen 
<§anbfd)uf)e  an,  bie  ifjm  beim  $feifergerid)t  jaljrlitf)  in  triple 10 
uberreid)t  nntrben,  fyoratt  cS  ifjm  be3f)alb  niemate  mangelte. 
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auf  bem  JQaupt  eine  faltige  fd)u>ar$e  <2ammtmu£e,  fo  ba£  er 
eine  mittlere  ^erfon  $tt)ifd)en  2llcinou3  unb  £aerte$ n  fyattc 
ttorftellen  fonnen. 

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fiatte  er  immer  bie  3iegiftranbe  feiner  ^roponenben13  fur  ben 
anbern  Sag  in  Drbnung  gebrad)t  unb  bie  2lcten  gelefen. 


30  Stud  meincm  Seben. 

Sbenfo  fuljr  er  SRorgenS  aufd  9iat()f)auS,  fyetfte  nad;  feiner 
Siucffeljr,  nitfte1  (Jictauf  in  feinem  ©rof^ftufyl 2,  itiib  (o  gieng 
2ttle3  cincn  Sag  n>ie  ben  anbern.  (§r  fyrad;  iwnig,  geigte  feine 
©pur  ©on  ^efttgfett;  id;  erinnere  mid;  nid;t,  Ujn  ^ornig 
gefefyen  $u  f)aben.  SllleS,  toad  iC)rt  umgab,  ftar  attertfyiimlid;. 
3n  feiner  getafelten  ©tube  fyabe  id;  niemald  irgenb  cine 
■Reuerung  n>at)rgenommen.  Seine  3Sib(iotl)ef  entljielt  aufer 
jurifttfd;en  333  erf  en  nur  tie  erften  9ieifebefd;retbungen,  ©ee* 
fafjrten  unb  Sanber^Gmtbecfungen.  Ueberfyaupt  erinnere  id; 
mid;  feined  3uftanbe3,  ber  fo  n>ie  biefer  bad  Oefuljl  etned 
um)erbritd;lid;en3  griebcnd  unb  einer  eungen  3)auer  gegeben 
tyatte. 

2Bir  waren  auf  gar  mannigfalttgc  SBeife  befcfyaftigt  unb 
unterfyatten,  man  n>ir  bie  an  einen  Sftaterialienfyanbler4 
9Jle(ber  tterf;eirat[)ete  jn>eite  Zcfykx  befud;tcn,  beren  2Bo!}* 
nung  unb  Sabcn  mitten  im  lebfyafteften,  gebrangteften5 
Xtyilt  ber  ©tabt  an  bem  STOarfte  lag.  $kx  faljcn  wix  nun 
bem  @ett>uf)(  unb  ©ebrange,  in  n>eldf;e3  ix>tr  und  fd)euten  $u 
ttertieren6,  fefyr  sergmiglid;7  au$  ben  genftern  $u;  unb  ftenn 
und  im  Saben  unter  (o  fciclerlet  SBaaren  anfanglid;  nur  bad 
©uftyolj  unb  bie  baraud  bereiteten  braunen  geftempeften 
3elt(ein8  ttor^uglid;  intereffirten,  fo  nutrben  wix  bod;  allmaf)(id; 
mit  bee  gtofen  SRenge  son  ©egenftanben  befannt,  tt>eld;e  bei 
einer  fold;en  ^anblung  au&  unb  einfliepen9.  2)iefe  £ante 
tt>ar  unter  ben  @efd)ttnftern  bie  tebfyaftefte.  SBcnn  meine 
9Jtutter  in  jimgern  Saljren  fid;  in  reinlid)er  ffiletbung,  bei 
einer  jterlid^en  tt)eibfid;en  Slrbeit,  ober  im  Sefen  eined  33ud;ed 
geftel10,  fo  fut)r  jene  in  ber  9fad)barfd;aft  umf)er,  urn  fief)  bort 
serfaumter  Jfinber  an^uneljmen,  fie  ^u  marten,  in  fdmmen 
unb  Ijerumjutragen,  ttne  fie  ed  benn  and;  mit  mir  eine  gute 
SBeile11  fo  getrieben.    3ur  Stit  6ffentlid;er  geier(id;feiten,  \m 


©rfted  23ud).  31 

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Reined  £inb  f$on  Ijatte  fie  nad)  bem  bei  foW)en  @e(egenf)eiten 
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einmal  eine  gute  ^artie1  beifammen  gefyabt  unb  fold^ed  »et» 
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gefd)lagen,  ttoburd)  benn  bie  wot)lern)orbene  $5mtz  auf  einmal 
vertoren  gegangen.  SRic^t  weniger  nwfte  fie  fid)  &fel  bamit3, 
baf  fie  bem  $orbeifa£)renbcn  iEaifer  ffarl  bem  ©iebenten4, 
n>af)renb  eined  Slugenblicfd,  ba  ailed  9Solf  f<^>tt>ieg,  auf  cinem 
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biefe  fecte  2lufmerffamfeit  gar6  gnabig  $u  banfen. 

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lebendluftig  unb  munter,  unb  itrir  Sinber  finb  ijjr  mancfye 
frot)e  ©tunbe  fd)utbig  gemorben7. 

3n  einem  rufyigern,  aber  aud)  iljret  9tatur  angemeffencn 
Suftanbe  befanb  ftd)  eine  $tt)eite  JEante,  tteldje  mit  bem 
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«£jerrn  son  Soen  beforgten  neuen  ©ammlung  ber  merfnmr* 
bigften  9ieifegcfd)id)ten,  unter  bem  Sitet:  £omerd  33efd)rei- 
bung  ber  (Sroberung  bed  trojanifd)en  9ieid)d,  ju  ftnbcn  ift,  mit 
Jhipfem  im  franjofifc^en  Sfjeaterftnne8  ge^iert.  2)iefe  Silber 
scrbarben  mit  bermapen  bie  Ginbtlbungdfraft,  ba£  td)  lange 
3eit  bie  §omerifd)en  £elben  mir  nur  unter  biefen  ©eftalten 
fcergegemvartigen9  fonnte.  2)ie  33egebenfjeiten  felbft  geftelen 
mir  unfaglid);  nur  fjatte  id)  an  bem  SBerfe  fet)r  au^ufe^en, 
bap  ed  und  son  ber  (Sroberung  £roja'd  feme  9ta$rid)t  gebe 


32  2lu6  meinem  Seben. 

unb  fo  ftuntyf1  mit  bem  £obe  §eftor6  enbtge.  50?eirt  £)f)etm, 
gegen  ben  id)  btefett  Sabel  auferte,  fcernneS  mid)  ouf  ben 
aSirgtl,  mlfyex  benn  metner  gorberung  sollfommen  ©emige 
that2. 


ghxettes  §tttlj. 

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unb  gemad)licl)en  3uftanb,  in  ttelcfyem  fid)  bie  Sanbet 
ftafyrenb  eineS  langen  griebenS  beftnben.  9itrgenbS  aber 
gcnteft  man  eine  fold^e  fcfyime  3^it  tooljl  mit  groferem 
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nid)t  ju  foftfpieligen  Untetneljmungen  ober  Sfjeilnafjmen7 
setpfltd)ten. 

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mit  60,000  SJfann  in  (£ad?fen  eingefallen,  unb  \tatt  einer 
ttotgangigen8  5Weg3erflatung  folgte  ein  9JJanifeft,  nne  man 

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34  2Iu6  meinem  Sekn. 

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t[)tt  £U  einem  [eleven  ungeljeuren1  (5d)ritt  bettogen  unb 
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unb  Suite2. 

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mit  aKertei  9?equi(iten  auSftatten  unb  mad)te  mid)  bafyer 
unferm  fleinen  ifreife  immer  notfjmenbiger.  2)ap  fottfc 
©piete  auf  ^3arteiungen,  @efed)te  unb  (Serfage  Ijinttnefen 
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38  2lu$  meinem  Seben. 

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meine  tyaxtti,  fonnte  e$  aber  faum  eine  5Ktnute  au$f)alten, 
mir  feinbfelig  gegeniiber  ^u  ftefjen;  n>tr  fcerfofjnten  unS  unter 
flieten  Sljranen  unb  Ijaben  etne  ganje  SBeUe3  treulid)  ju* 
fammengefjalten. 

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freunbiid),  oft  aud)  fpottifd),  iiber  eine  gen>iffe  2Btirbe  berufen4, 
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unfanft  au6  jenen  mard)enf)aften,  felbftgefalligen  Sraumen 
aufwecften,  in  bie  ftix  un$,  td)  erfinbenb,  unb  meine  ©efpielen 
tfyeihteljmenb,  nur  alfyugem  ttertoren.  Nun  ttmrben  ttrir 
abermate  gewafjr,  baf  man,  anftatt  fid)  ber  2Betd)lid(?feit  unb 
pf)antaftifd)en  SSergniigungen9  Ijin^ugeben,  toof)t  eljer  Urfad)e 
fjabe,  fid)  afyufyarten,  urn  bie  unfcermetblid)en  Uebel  entmeber 
$u  ertragen,  ober  ifjnen  entgegen  $u  toirfen. 

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mad)te,  fo  nmd)fen  bie  3ubringlid)fetten  ber  anbem;  unb  nue11 
eine  unartige  ©raufamfeit  feine  ©renaen  fennt,  fo  \vu$tz  fte 
mid)  bod)  au$  meiner  ©renje  fyinau^utreiben.  3d)  er^afjte 
einen  gall  \tatt  ttteler.  2)er  2ef)rer  war  eine  Stunbe12  nid)t 
gefommen;  fo  (ange  ttnr  5Einber  alle  beifammen  ttaren,  unter* 
fyielten  tt)ir  un$  red)t  artig;  ate  aber  bie  mir  SBoljtootlenben, 
nad(?bem  fie  lange  genug  getoartet,  fjinweggiengen  unb  id)  mit 
brei  SKijMollenben18  allein  blieb,  fo  batten  biefe  mid)  ju 


3tt>eite3  23u$.  39 

quaten,  ju  befdjamen1  unb  ju  Dertreiben.  ©ie  fjatten  mid) 
etnen  Slugenblicf  im  Simmer  tterlaffen2  unb  f  amen  mit  Diutljen 
jurflcf,  Me  (ie  fid)  au$  einem  gefc^toinb  jerfd^nittenen  33efen 
^erfc^afft  fatten.  3<$  mcrftc  it)re  Slbfidfjt,  unb  n>eil  id)  bad 
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bet  mir  feft,  mid)  bid  jum  @lodfenfd)(age  nic^t  ju  tt>ef)ren. 
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SBaben  auf  bad  ©raufamfte  $u  peitfd)en.  3$  ruljrte  mid) 
nid)t,  fufylte  aber  balb,  baf*  id)  mid)  t>erred)net4  Ijatte,  unb  baf* 
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§u  SSoben,  inbem  id)  mit  bem  ifnie  (einen  9iucfen  brucfte8; 
ben  anbem,  einen  jungeren  unb  fd)tt)ad)eren,  ber  mid)  son 
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»on  meiner  ©eite,  burd)  eine  ubereitte  tton  feiner  brad)te  td; 
tf)n  nieber  unb  ftief  tljn  mit  bem  @efid)t  gegen  ben  Soben. 
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3n  bem  93ortfjeit,  in  bem  id)  mid)  befanb,  ftief*  id)  fie  ttrieber* 
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aud  bem  £aufe;  id)  erflarte  aber,  baf  id)  fiinftig  bei  ber 


40  Sttte  meinem  Seben. 

geringften  33eteibigung  einem  ober  bem  anbern  Me  Slugen 
au3fra§en,  Me  Dfjren  abreifen,  tto  ni$t  gar  if)n  erbroffefn 
ttmrbe. 

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ate  Hft  eine  an  2lnnefjmticf?feit  immer  tt>ad)fenbe  ©efettfdjjaf* 
terin  fanb. 

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nod;  einige  @efd)icl)ten  ju  er^aljten,  ttne  manc^erlei  Unange* 
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nid)t  ate  einem  befonberS  @(ucflid)en  ober  Vtnglucftid)en. 
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metben,  fo  ift  e3  bod)  feljr  bienlid),  ba£  ttnr  un3  in  bie 
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bem  £of)n  unb  bem  bofen  SBiften  ftenig  entgegen$ufe£en. 
2Benn  id)  bie  £f)atlid)feiten  meiner  ©efeflen  fo  jiemlid)5 
ab^ufjalten  tt)uj3te,  fo  wax  id)  bod)  feine3*oeg3  ifjren  ©tid)e* 
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alfo  and)  Slngrtffe  btefer  2lrt,  in  fofern  fie  ^um  3om  rei^ten, 
mit  £f)tyfifd)en  Sfraften  jurutfgettnefen,  ober  fie  regten  ttmnber* 


3>seite$  23u$.  41 

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bletben  fonnten.  Untcr  anbem  SSor^ugen  mipgimnten  mir 
Me  Uebehsottenben  and),  bap  td)  mir  in  einem  93erf)altnip 
geftet,  Welches  au6  bem  ©djmlttjeipenamt  meineS  ©ropsaterS 
fiir  bie  gamilie  entfyrang:  benn  inbem  er  ate  ber  erfte  unter 
feineS  ©leic^en2  baftanb,  fyatte  biefeS  bod)  aud)  auf  bie  ©efc 
nigen  nidfyt  gertngen  (Sinflup.  Unb  ate  id)  mir  etnmal  nad) 
gefyaltenem  ^feifergeridjte3  cttva$  barauf  ein^ubilben  fd)ien, 
meinen  ©ropsater  in  ber  9Jtitte  be3  2d)offenratf)3,  eine  <Stufe 
fjoljer  ate  bie  2lnbern,  unter  bem  Sitbe  beS  tfaiferS  g(eid)fam4 
tfyronenb  gefefjen  $u  Ijaben,  fo  fagte  einer  ber  ifrtaben  fyofynifcfy: 
id)  fotlte  boc^,  tote  ber  $fau  auf  feine  Rfif  e5,  fo  auf  meinen 
©ropsater  t>aterlid^er  @eite  f)infef)en,  tt)eld)er  ©aftgeber6  $um 
2Seibenf)of  geftefen  unb  tsoljt  an  bie  Sljronen7  unb  Stamen 
feinen  Slnfprud)  gemad)t  t)atte.  3d)  ervotcberte  barauf,  bap 
id)  bason  feine&segS  befd)amt  fei,  mil  gerabe  barin  baS 
4?errltd)e  unb  (Srfjebcnbe  unferer  93aterftabt  beftelje,  bap  alte 
Surger  fid)  einanber  gleicfy  fyaltcn8  bitrften,  unb  bap  einem 
ieben  feine  Sljatigfeit  nad)  feincr  2lrt  forberlid)  unb  efyrensolt 
fein  fonne.  (§3  fei  mir  nur  (eib,  bap  ber  gute  5Jtann  fd)on  fo 
lange  geftorben:  benn  id)  f)abe  mid)  and)  iijn  perfimtid)  $u 
fennen9  6fter3  gefefynt,  fein  23tlbnip  sielmate  betrad)tet,  ja, 
fein  @rab  befud)t  unb  mid)  toenigftenS  bei  ber  3nfd)rift  an 
bem  einfad)en  ©enfmat  feineS  soriibergegangenen  DafeinS 
gefreut.  2d)  fjatte  son  meinem  ©ropsater  tsentg  reben  fyoren, 
auper  bap  fein  23ilbnip  mit  bem  meiner  ©ropmutter  in  einem 
93efud)$immer10  be6  alten  £aufe3  gefjangen  fyatte,  n>e(d)e  betbe, 
nad)  ©rbauung  be3  ntnm,  in  einer  obern  hammer  aufbetoafyrt 
tsurben.  9»ein«  ©ropmutter  mupte11  eine  fefyr  f^one  grau 
getsefen  fein,  unb  son  gleid)em  Sitter  mit  if)rem  SJianne. 
3)od)  tsenbe  id)  tieber  meinen  33(idf  son  ienen  fd)onen 


42  2hte  meinem  Men. 

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ifinbfyeit  ttnirbig2  $u  fpredjen!  2Bir  ftnnen  bie  fleiuen  ©efc^o^fe, 
bte  ttor  un$  Ijerumttxmbelrt,  nicf)t  anberS  ate  mtt  SSergmigen,  ja 
mit  23ettmnberung  anfeljen :  benn  meift  $erfyred)en  fie  meljr, 
ate  fie  fjalten,  unb  e6  fd)emt,  ate  ftenn  bte  -ftatur  unter  anbern 
fd)efmtfd)en  ©treid)en,  bte  fie  un3  ftrielt,  audi)  f)ier  fid)  gan$ 
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Drgane,  bie  fie  Sftnbern  mit  auf  bte  28e(t  gicbt,  finb  bem 
nad)ften  unmittetbaren  Suftanbe  be3  @efd()o:pf6  gemaf ;  e$ 
bebient  ftd)  berfetben  ftmft*  unb  anfyrud^toS4,  auf  bie 
gefdf?idftefte  SBeife  ju  ben  nad)ften  $>mdcn.  3)a3  5?inb,  an 
unb  fur  fid)  betrad)tet,  mit  feine$  ®(etd()en  unb  in  ©e^iefjun* 
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2lrt  fort9,  ttne  fie  fi<$  anbeuten,  fo  fatten  ttnr  tauter  @enie6 ; 
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<f)m  gafjigfeiten,  son  mandjen  iJraftauferungen  ift  nad) 
einer  geftiffen  3eit  faum  eine  ©pur  mef)r  $u  ftnben.  SBemt 
and)  bie  menfd)(id)en  Slnfagen  im  ®anim  eine  entfd)iebene 
9iid)tung  Ijaben,  fo  ttnrb  e£  bod)  bem  grof  ten  unb  erfafjrenften 
tenner  fd)tt>er  fein,  fie  mit  3Merlafftgfett 10  fcorauS  $u  tter- 
funben  j  bod)  fann  man  Ijinterbretn11  ttol)(  bemerfen,  ti>aS 
auf  ein  £unftige3  Ijingebeutet  f)at. 

^ter  mu£  td)  bemerfen,  tt>eld)en  ftarferen  Sinftuf  nad? 
unb  nad)  bie  5Weg6begebenf)eiten  auf  unfere  ©efinnungen 
unb  unfere  £eben3tt>eife  au6iibten. 

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in  einem  ttmnberbaren  93erlja(tmfL  ©d)on  au$  ber  Seme 
regen  fie  if)n  auf  unb  beunruljigen  if)n,  unb  er  fann  fid) 


3wette3  93ud).  43 

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nad)bem2  if)tt  fein  Sfjarafter  ober  aufkre  SIntaffe  beftimmen. 
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nafjer,  bann  bleibt  if)m  bet  mand^en  aufern  Unbequemlidf^ 
feiten  nod)  immer  jetted  innre  9D?i£bef)agen,  fcerboppelt  imb 
fd)drft  ba6  Uebel  metftentfjeite  unb  gerftort  ba6  nod)  mogtidfye 
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leiben,  oft  mefjr  son  jenen  ate  tton  biefen,  unb  er  toeif* 
toeber,  tt>ie  er  feine  9?eigung,  nod)  tine  er  feinen  33ortf)eiI 
toafyren 4  unb  erfjalten  foil. 

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tterfcfylangen  fid)  unb  fd)ienen  fid?  aufoufyeben ;  immer  aber 
fc^tt>ebte  bie  ©eftalt  griebri^,  fein  9tame,  fein  9iuf)m,  in 
5?ur$em  ttneber  oben.  iDer  GmtfjufiaSmuS  feiner  SSereljrer 
ttarb  immer  grower  unb  belebter8,  ber  §af  feiner  getnbe 
bitterer,  unb  bie  93erfctneben()eit  ber  2lnfid?ten,  tt)eld)e  felbft 
gamilien  gerfpaltcte,  trug  nid;t  toenig  ba$u  bei,  bie  ofjnef)in 
fd)on  auf  mand)erlei  2Beife  tton  einanber  getrennten  23urger 
nod)  mefyr  $u  ifoliren9.  2)enn  in  einer  ©tabt  tx>ie  granf* 
furt,  tt)o  bie  9ieligionen  bie  @imt)ol)ner  in  bret  ungletd)e 
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ljerrfd)enben  n,  $um  Regiment 12  gelangen  fonnen,  mu£  e$  gar 
mand)en  SBofjtljabenben  unb  Unterrid)teten  geben,  ber  ficfy 
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fid)  due  eigne  unb  abgefd)loffene  6riften$  bilbet. 

Sftein  SSater  fyatte,  fobalb  er  son  9teifen  jurutfgefommen, 


44  2lu$  mcinem  ScBcn. 

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SBillenS,  eine  fotd)e  SluSjetd&nung  $u  tterbienen,  Me  frettid) 
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$u  werben,  ttoburd)  er  aud)  auf  biefer  ©eite  t>on  bem  JRatije 
au3gefd)loffen  ttarb.  ©r  gefyorte  nun  unter  bie  Surucfge^o^ 
genen,  tt>eld)e  niemate  unter  fid)  eine  ©ocietat6  mad)en. 
©ie  ftefyen  fo  ifotirt  gegen  einanber  vt>te  gegen  ba3  ©an^e, 
unb  urn  fo  meljr,  ate  fid)  in  biefer  2lbgefd)iebent)eit  ba$ 
©gentljumltctye  ber  Kfjarafter7  immer  [proffer  au3bi(bet. 
SWcitt  aSatcr  mod)te8  fi($  auf  Stetfert  unb  in  ber  freien 
SBelt9,  bie  er  gefefjen,  tton  einer  etegantem  unb  liberatern 10 
2eben3tt>eife  einen  23egriff  gemad)t  Ijaben,  ate  fie  ttiefleid)t 
unter  feinen  9Jiitburgern  getyofjnlid)  tt>ar. 

3fjm  feljlte  feine  ber  @igenfd)aften,  bie  $u  einem  red)t* 
lichen  unb  angefeljenen  25urger  geljoren.  Stud)  brad)te  er, 
nad)bem  er  fein  $au$  erbaut n,  feine  93efi£ungen  tton 12  jeber 
2Irt  in  Drbnung.  Sine  t>ortrefflid)e  Sanbfartenfammfung 
ber    ©d)enfifd)en    unb   anberer   bamate   t>orjuglid)er  geo* 


3tt>eite$  23u$.  45 

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SKanbate,  jene  23itbniffe,  eitt  (2d)ranf  alter  ©eftefjre2,  em 
@d)ranf  merftturbtger  93enetianifd)er  @(afer3,  23edf)er  unb 
^3ofa(e,  5ftatura(ien,  ©(fenbeinarbeiten,  33ronjen  unb  ijunbert 
anbere  3)inge  wurben  gefonbert4  unb  aufgeftelft,  unb  id) 
t>erfe£)(te  ni$t,  bet  fcorfattenben  Stucttonen5  mir  jeberjett 
etntge  Sluftrage  $ur  93ermef)rung  be$  SSorfjanbenen  ju  er* 
bitten. 

2Iu3  ber  $erne  mad)te  ber  9tame  5? toipftocf 6  aud)  fd)on 
auf  un$  erne  gro£e  SBtrfung.  3m  Slnfang  tounberte  man 
fid),  tt>ie  ein  fo  t>ortreff(id)er  9JJann  (0  ttmnberlid)  fyeifkn 
fonne7,  bod)  getooljnte  man  fid)  balb  baran  unb  bad)te  ntd^t 
meljr  an  Me  Sebeutung  biefer  ©tylben.  3n  metneS  93ater8 
33ibIiotfjef  Ijatte  id)  bidder  nur  bie  frufjeren,  befonberS  bie  ju 
(einer  3ett  nad)  unb  nad)  tjeraufgef ommenen 8  unb  gerufym* 
Un  2)id)ter  gefunben.  Sllfe  biefe  fatten  gereimt9,  unb  metn 
93ater  l)ielt  ben  Sieim  fur  :poetifd)e  SKSerfe  unerlaplid). 
Gantfc10,  ^ageborn11,  £)roUinger12,  ©etlert13,  Sreuj14, 
jailer15  ftanben  in  fd)imen  grait3banben  in  einer  Dieifje. 
2ln  biefe  fd^toffcn  fid)  9leufird)£  Setemad?16,  SfoppcnS 
befreiteS  Serufatem n  unb  anbere  Ueberfefcungen.  3d)  Ijatte 
biefe  fammttid)en  33anbe  t>on  5Jinbfjeit  auf18  fieijng  burd)* 
gelefen  unb  tbeitoeife  memorirt 19,  ftcf  (jalb  id)  benn  $ur  Un* 
terljaltung  ber  @efellfd)aft  ofterS  aufgerufen  tturbe.  Sine 
serbrief lid^e 20  @pod)e  im  ©egentljeil  eroffnete  fid)  fur  mei* 
nen  SSater,  ate  burd)  5fIopftocf6  SReffiaS  SSerfe,  bie  if)m  feme 
35erfe  fd)ienen,  ein  ©egenftanb  ber  6ffentlid)en  23ett>unberung 
wurben.  @r  felbft  f)atte  ftd()  toofyt  geljittet,  biefeS  SSerf 
anjufd)affen ;  aber  unfer  «£)au3freunb,  9iatf)  ©d)ne iber, 
f<$tt>ftqte  eS  ein 21  unb  ftedfte  e$  ber  Gutter  unb  ben  tf  in* 
bem  ju. 


46  2lu3  meinem  Seben. 

Sluf  biefen  gefc^aft^tl)attgcn x  SSftann,  tt)eld)er  wenig  la$, 
fyatte  ber  SfteffiaS  gleid)  bet  feincr  Srfd)einung 2  einen  mad); 
tigen  ©nbrucf  gemac^t.  2)iefe  fo  natiirlid)  auSgebrucften  unb 
bod)  fo  fdjon  fcerebelten  frommen  ©efitljte,  biefe  gefallige 
(Sprac^e,  ftenn  man  fie  aud)  nur  fur  l)armonifd)e  *)3rofa 
gelten  lief,  fatten  ben  ubrtgen^  trocfnen  @efd)aft$mann  fo 
gettonnen,  baf  er  bie  $et)n  erften  ©efange,  benn  t>on  biefen 
ift  eigentlid)  bte  9tebe,  ate  baS  f)errtid)fte  SrbauungSbud) 3 
betrad)tete  unb  fold)e3  alle  3af)re  einmal  in  ber  Sf)artt)od)e4, 
in  n>clc^cr  er  fid)  tton  alien  @efd)aften  $u  entbinben 5  ttufte, 
fur  fid)  im  Stiffen  burcftlaS  unb  fid)  baran  fur$  gan^e 
3at)r  erquicfte.  2lnfang6  bad?te  er  feine  ©mpftnbungen 
feinem  alten  greunbc  mit$utf)etlcn ;  allein  er  fanb  fid)  fcfjr 
beftuqt6,  ate  er  eine  unfjeilbare  Slbneigung  sor  einem  SBerfe 
von  fo  foftlid)em  ©eljalt,  ttegen  einer,  tt>ie  e3  ifjm  fd)ien, 
gteid)gultigen  au^ern  gorm,  gett)a(jr  tterben  mu£te.  @3 
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fernten  fid)  immer  tteiter  von  einanber7,  e$  gab  fyeftige 
©cenen,  unb  ber  nad)giebige  9Rann  lief  fid)  enblid)  gefallen8, 
von  feinem  SieblingStterfe  $u  fd)tt)eigen,  bamit  er  nidjt  ju* 
gleid)  einen  Sugenbfreunb  unb  eine  gute  ©onntagSfu^e 9 
tterlore. 

^rofel^ten10  ju  ma$en  ift  ber  naturlid)fte  2Bunfcfy  etrte^ 
jeben  Sftenfdjen,  unb  ttue  fefyr  fanb  fid^>  unfer  greunb  im 
Stiffen  betofynt,  ate  er  in  ber  iibrigen  gamilie  fur  feinen 
<£>eiligenu  fo  offen  gefinnte  ©emitter  entbecfte.  2)a3  ©rem* 
plar,  ba$  er  jal)rli$  nur  eine  28o$e  braud)te,  war  unS  fur 
bie  ubrige  3eit  gettibmet12.  2)ie  Sautter  f)ielt  e$  tjetmlid), 
unb  ttir  @efd)ttnfter  bemad)tigten  un3  beSfelben,  ttann 
tt)ir  fonnten,  urn  in  greiftunben,  in  irgenb  einem  SBinfel 


3tt)cite6  23u$.  47 

serborgen,  bie  auffaftenbften ■  SkUm  au3ti>enbig  ju  Icrncn 2 
unb  befonberS  bie  jarteften  unb  fjeftigften  fo  gefc^)Vt>inb  ate 
moglid)  in£  @ebadj)tnip  gu  faffcn. 

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ba$  tt)t(be  t>cr3n)etfc{nbe  ©efprad)  3n>tfc^en  Satan  imb  Slbrame* 
(ed),  fteld;e  in$  rotfje  ?Dleer  gefturjt  worben 4,  fatten  n>ir  un3 
gctijeilt.  3)ic  erfte  9to0e,  ate  bte  gewaltfamjlc,  war  auf  mein 
Sfjett  gefommen5,  bte  anbere,  urn  ein  n>enig  f(ag(id)er, 
ubewafym  meine  ©defter.  2)ic  wed^felfcitigcn,  jtt>ar  gra^ 
lichen,  aber  bod)  ttoijlflingenben  23ertt>unfd)ungen  floffen  nur 
fo  »om  SWunbe,  unb  ttnr  ergriffen  jebe  ©elegenfjeit,  un^  mit 
biefen  f)6llifd)en6  9ieben3arten  $u  begruj^en. 

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liejji  fid)  immer  bei  £id)t  rafiren,  urn  ©onntagS  frulj  fid)  gur 
5?ird)e  bequemlid)8  angiefjen  $u  fonnen —  ttnr  fafen  auf 
einem  ©d)eme(  Winter  bem  Dfen  unb  murmelten,  tt>aljrenb 
ber  Sarbier  einfeifte,  unfere  f)erfommli$en9  g(ud)e  jtemltc^ 
letfe.    $lun  fjatte  aber  SIbrameled)  ben  (Satan  mit  eifernen 
£anben  ?u  faffen,  meine  ©x^tt>efter  pacfte  mid;  gett)a(tig  an 
unb  recittrte,  $war  leife  genug,  aber  bod)  mit  fteigenber 
8eibenfd)aft : 
£ilf  mir !  id)  flefye  bi$  an,  id)  Uk,  foenn  bu  e3  forberft, 
Ungeljeuer,  bic^>  an !  93ertt>orfner,  fd)tt>ar$er  33erbred)er, 
*g>ilf  mir !  id)  leibe  bie  $ein  be$  rad)enben ettngen £obe$ !... 
SSormate  fonnt'  id)  mit  Ijeijkm,  mit  grimmigem  «£>afie  t>ic^> 

fyaffen ! 
3e&t  sermag  Utft  nid)t  meljr!    Stud)  bieS  ift  fted)enber 
3ammer10! 
33tef)er  wax  alleS  teiblid)11  gegangen;  aber  (aut,  mit  furc^ter* 
liefer  ©timme,  rief  fie  bie  fo(genben  SBorte : 
D  fine  bin  id)  $erma(mt !... 


48  3tu3  meinem  Scbcn. 

2)er  gute  SljirurguS1  erfc^raf  unb  gof  bem  93ater  ba$ 
©eifenbecfen  in  bie  23ruft.  2)a  gab  e6  einen  grofkn 
Slufftanb2,  unb  eine  ftrenge  Unterfud)ung  ttarb  gefyalten, 
befonbet'3  in  33etrad)t  be6  UnglutfS,  ba$  Ijatte  entftc[)en 
fonnen,  mnn  man  fdjon  im  9£afiren  begriffen  gettefen  toare. 
Urn  alien  33etbad)t  be$  9Jtutf)ttnllen$  »on  un$  afyulefynen, 
befannten  voir  un$  $u  unfern  teuflifd)en  9Men,  unb  ba3 
Ungtiicf,  ba$  bie  ^erameter  angerid)tet  fatten,  wax  jit 
offenbar,  ate  bap  man  fie  nicfyt  aufS  5fteue  Jjatte  sertufen3 
unb  tterbannen  follen. 

©o  pftegen  £inber  unb  SSolf  ba$  ©rope,  ba$  ©rfyabene 
in  ein  ©piel,  ja  in  eine  $offe  $u  setttanbeln;  unb  n>ie 
fotlten  fie  aucfy  fonft  im  ©tanbe  fein,  e$  au^ufyalten  unb  $u 
ettragen ! 


grittes  §urlr. 


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gemeinen  Itmlauf1  son  perfonlidfjen  ©lucfnrunfd^ungen  fur 
bie  ©tabt  feljr  betebenb.  SBc-r  fonft  nid)t  leicfyt  auS  bem 
£aufe  Earn,  tt>arf  fid)  in  feine  beftett  tfleiber2,  urn  fflonncm 
unb  greunben  einen  Slugenbltcf  freunblid;  unb  £>i>fltdg>  $u 
feitt.  giir  un$  ffinbcr  war  befonberS  bic  geftlicfyfeit  in  bcm 
•§aufe  be3  ©rojftaterS  an  biefem  Sage  ein  f)6d)ft  ernmnfti&ter8 
©enuf.  5Wit  bem  fruljjien  SKorgen  ftaren  bie  (Snfel  fc^on 
bafelbft4  tterfammeft,  urn  bie  Srommetn,  bie  £oboen  unb 
iEIarinetten,  bie  ^ofaunen  unb  2>inhn,  toie  fie  ba3  SttUitar, 
bie  ©tabtmufici  unb  mx  fonft  alleS6  ertonen  lie£,  jit  fcer< 
neljmen.  SHe  ^erfiegelten  unb  uberfcfyriebenen  9?euiaf)t$; 
gefc^enfe  nmrben  son  ben  itinbern  unter  bie  geringern6 
©ratulanten  au3getf)ei(t,  unb  tt>te  ber  Sag  ttmcfys,  fo  t>er* 
mefyrte  fid)  bie  Slnjaljl  ber  ^onoratioren7.  ©rft  erfd&tenen 
bie  SSertrauten  unb  SSewanbten,  bann  bie  unkxn  ©taatS* 
beamten  j  bie  £erren  ttom  Siatfye  fetbft  t>erfef)(ten  nidbt,  invert 
©d)ultf)eif  $u  begrujkn,  unb  eine  au$ertt>al)lte  Sfajaljl  ttmrbe 
StbenbS  in  3immcm  bert)irtf)et,  tt>eld)e  ba3  ganje  3a£)r  iiber 
faum  fid)  offneten8.  3)ie  Morten,  33i3cuitfud?en,  3Kar$i})ane9, 
ber  fu£e  SBein  iibte  ben  grcften  dtd^  auf  bie  Sfinber  au$, 

g.b.  4 


So  2lu3  meinem  Seben. 

tto^u  nod)  fam,  bap  ber  ©d)ultf)eip  fo  ttne  bie  beiben  Surges 
meifter  au3  einigen  ©tiftungm1  jaljrlid)  d\x>a$  ©itber^eug 
ert)telten,  n>eld^e^  benn  ben  (Snfeln  unb  ^Sat^ert  nad)  einer 
gen>tffen  Stbftufung  t>cref)rt  ttarb;  genug,  e3  fcfjfte  biefem 
Sefte  im  5f(etnen  an  nid)t3,  ttaS  bie  gropten  $u  t>erf)errltd)en 
pjlegt 

2)er  9?eujaf)r3tag  1759  fam  ljeran,  fiir  un3  ivtnber 
ervx>unfc^t  unb  ttergmigtid)2  nne  bie  ttorigen,  aber  ben  attern 
^erfonen  bebenHid)  unb  al)nung3solI3.  2)tc  2)utc$m&rfd&e 
ber  gran^ofen  tt>ar  man  $tt>ar  gett>ofmt,  u.nb  (ie  ereigneten 
ftd)  ofterS  unb  Ijauftg,  aber  bod)  am  fyauftgften  in  ben  [efcten 
Sagen  be6  ttergangenen  3afjre3.  9kd)  alter  reid)3ftabtifd)er 
©itte  :pofaunte  ber  Sfjiirmer  be3  ^aupttfyurmsy  fo  oft 
Sruppen  fyeranrucften,  unb  an  biefem  9?eujaf)r3tage  oolite 
er  gar  nid)t  aufijoren5,  toetd)e$  ein  3eid)en  tt>ar,  bap  gropere 
*£)eere3$uge  son  mefjreren  ©eiten  in  93ett>egung  feten.  SQixh 
lid)  jogen  fie  and)  in  groperen  ?Kaffen  an  biefem  £age  burd) 
bie  ©tabt;  man  lief,  fie  sorbetyaffiren  $u  fefjen.  ©onft 
tt)ar  man  gettoljnt,  bap  fie  nur  in  fktnen  ^artieen  burd)* 
marfd)irten  ;  biefe  aber  ttergroperten  fid)  nad)  unb  nad),  ofyne 
bap  man  e$  tterljinbern  fonnte  ober  oolite6.  @enug,  am 
2.  Sanuar,  nad)bem  eine  Solonne  burd)  ©ad)fenf)aufen  fiber 
bie  23riicfe  burd)  bie  Safjrgaffe  bi6  an  bie  Sonftablertt)ad)e 
gelangt  war,  mad)te  fie  <£>alt,  liberftaltigte  ba$  Heine,  fie 
burd)fiif)renbe7  Sommanbo,  naljm  33efi&  »pn  gebad)ter  2Bad)e, 
$og  bie  2>tik  l)inunter,  unb  nad)  einem  geringen  SBiberftanb 
mupte  fid)  aud)  bie  «§aupttt>a$e  ergeben8.  2tugenbtitf69 
ttaren  bie  frieblid)en  ©trapen  in  einen  5?rieg6fd)auplai$ 
ttewanbelt.  2)ort  tterfjarrten  unb  bbouafirten10  bie  Zxnppm, 
bte  burd)  regelmapige  (Sinquartierung  fiir  iljr  Unterfommen 
geforgt  tt>are. 


'DrttteS  33u<#.  51 

5)tefe  unerttartete,  feit  ttieten  3af)ren  unerljorte  Sap 
brucfte  Me  befyaglicfyen1  SSiirgcr  gewatttg,  tmb  9ftemanb2 
fonnte  fie  befc^n>erltc^er  fein  ate  bem  93ater,  ber  in  fein  faum 
ttollenbeteS  §au3  frembe  mUitarifd)e  33ettof)ner  aufnefymen, 
ifynen  feme  tt>of)faufgepui$ten  unb  meift  tterfd)(offenen  ©taat3* 
dimmer3  einraumen  unb  baS,  tta$  er  fo  genau  $u  orbnen  unb 
$u  regieren  pftegte,  frember  SBittfitr  pretegeben  fottte;  er, 
oljnefyin  preufifd^  gefinnt,  fottte  fid)  nun  son  granjofcn  in 
feinen  Simmern  belagert  fdjcn:  e3  tt)ar  ba3  Sraurigfte, 
fta3  il)m  naif)  feiner  2)enftt)eife4  begegnen  fonnte.  2Bare  e3 
if)m  jebod)  mog(id)  gettefen,  bie  ©ad)e  (eid)ter  $u  neljmen,  ba 
er  gut  fran^ofifd)  fprad^  unb  im  %ebcn  fid)  ftofjf  mit  993urbe 
unb  SInmutf)  betragen  fonnte,  fo  Ijatte  er  ftd)  unb  un6  manege 
triibe  @tunbe  erfparen  mogen5;  benn  man  quartierte  bet  un$ 
ben  £onig3lieutenant6,  ber,  obgleid)  SRUttarperfon,  bod)  nur 
bie  ©toifoorfatte,  bie  Streitigfeiten  $tt)ifd)en  Solbaten  unb 
33iirgern,  @d)u(benfad)en  unb  ^anbel  ju  f$(id)tcn7  $aite. 
@3  war  @raf  £t)orane,  son  ©raffe  in  ber  ^rottence, 
untoeit  SIntibeS,  gebiirtig,  eine  tange  fjagre  ernfte  ®efta(t,  baS 
@efid)t  burd)  bie  Slattern  feljr  entftettt,  mit  fd)ti)ar$en 
feurigen  Slugen,  unb  son  einem  ttmrbigen,  ^ufammenge- 
nommenen8  33etragen.  @(eid)  fein  (Sintritt  toar  fur  ben 
<£)au$bett>of)ner  giinftig.  SJtan  fyrad)  tton  ben  t>erfd)iebenen 
3immern,  tte(d)e  tljeite  abgegeben  tterben,  tljeite  ber  gamilie 
tterbtetben  fottten,  unb  ate  ber  @raf  ein  ©emalbe^immer 
ertoafynen  t)orte,  fo  erbat  er  fid)  gleid),  ob  e3  fd)on9  9kd)t 
tt>ar,  mit  iterjen  bie  23Uber  ttenigftenS  f!iid)ttg  ju  befet)en. 
@r  f)atte  an  biefen  2)ingen  eine  iibergrof  e  greube,  be^eigte10 
fid)  gegen  ben  if)n  begfeitenben  SSater  auf  ba6  SSerbinbli^fte, 
unb  ate  er  tternaljm,  baf  bie  meiften  5fiinft(er  nod)  lebten,  fid) 
in  granffurt  unb  in  ber  9tad)barfd)aft  auffyielten,  fo  W> 

4—2 


52  2lu$  meinem  Seben. 

ficf)erte  er,  ba£  er  ntd)te  meljr  ttmnfd)e,  ate  fie  balbigfi 
fennen  ju  lemen  unb  fie  $u  befcfydftigen. 

2lber  aud)  biefe  2Innafjerung  fcon  ©etten  ber  ihmjl 
ttermod^te  nid)t  bic  ©efinnung  meineS  93ater3  $u  anbern, 
nod)  fciticn  6f)arafter  $u  beugen.  @r  lief  gefc^ef)en,  ft>a$  er 
nid)t  tterljinbern  fonnte,  fjieft  ftd)  aber  in  unnnrffamer1 
©ntfernung,  unb  ba$  2luperorbent(id)e,  n>a3  nun  urn  i£)n 
ttorgieng,  toar  ifjm  bte  auf  bie  geringfte  £(einigfeit  uner* 
traglid). 

@raf  Sfjorane  inbeffen  betrug  fid)  mufterfjaft.  9Jid)t 
einmat  feine  Sanbfarten  ftollte  er  an  bie  SEanbe  genagelt 
fyaben,  urn  bie  neuen  Sapeten  nic^t  $u  tterberben.  Seine 
Seute  waren  gettnanbt,  [till  unb  orbentlid) ;  aber  freitid),  ba 
ben  ganjen  Sag  unb  einen  Xijdl  ber  9kd)t  nid^t  9iufje  bei 
ifym  wart,  ba  ein  £Iagenber  bem  anbern  folgte,  Slrreftanten2 
gebrad)t  unb  fortgefitfyrt,  alle  Dfficiere  unb  Slbjutanten  vox* 
getaffen  ttmrben,  ba  ber  @raf  nod)  iiberbieS  tag(id)  offene 
Safel3  f)ie(t :  fo  gab  e3  in  bem  mafng  grof en,  nur  fur  eine 
gamilie  eingerid)teten  4?aufe,  ba$  nur  dm  burd)  aHe  ©totf* 
toerfe  unserfd)(offen  burd)gefjenbe  Sreppe  Ijatte,  eine  23ett)e^ 
gung  unb  ein  ©efumme  ttne  in  einem  S3ienenforbe,  obg(eid) 
SltteS  feljr  gemafigt,  ernfifjaft  unb  ftreng  ^ugieng. 

3um  SSermittfer  gn> ifc^ert  einem  t>erbrief3ltd)en,  tagttd) 
meljr  fid)  t)typod)onbrifd)  qualenben  £au3fjerrn  unb  einem 
$tt)ar  tt)of)(tt>olIenben,  aber  fefjr  ernften  unb  genauen  9Jii(i* 
targaft4  fanb  fid)  g(ucflid)ettt>eife  ein  bel)aglid)er  3)o(metfd)er, 
ein  fd)oner,  ttoljlbeleibter,  f)eitrer  SJJann,  ber  23iirger  fcon 
granffurt  tear  unb  gut  fran^bfifd)  fprad),  fid)  in  2ltte6  $u 
fc^idfen  ttmfte5  unb  mit  mand)erlei  Heinen  Unannefjmltd)* 
feiten  nur  feinen  Spaf  trieb6.  3)urd)  biefen  batte  meine 
Gutter  bem  @rafen  if)re  Sage  bei  bem  ©emiitfj^uftanbe 


2>ritte*  33u$.  53 

iljreS  ®atkn  fcorftetlen  laffen;  er  fjatte  bie  ©adje  fo  fliigUd)1 
auSgemalt,  ba£  neue  nod)  nid)t  einmal  gan$  etngert^tete 
<§)au3,  bte  naturltc^e  3urudfge3ogenf)ett  beS  23efi£er32,  bte 
53efd)aftigung  mit  ber  @r$ieljung  feiner  gamilie,  unb  tt>a6  fid) 
alleS  fonft  nod)  fagen  lief,  $u  bebenfen  gegeben,  (0  ba£  ber 
@raf,  ber  an  fetner  ©telle3  auf  bie  f)od?fte  @ered)tigfeit, 
Unbefted)(id)feit  unb  ef)rent>otten  SBanbel4  ben  grofUen  <Stots 
fefcte,  aud)  fjter  ft<$  ate  (Sinquartierter  mufterljaft  $u  betragen 
fcornafjm,  unb  e$  tvtrfltd^  bte  einigen  3aljre6  feineS  2)a< 
bleibenS  unter  mand)erlei  Umftanben  um>erbrud)lid)  geJjalten 
i>at 

SJMne  9JJutter  befaf  etntge  ffenntnif  be3  3talienifd)en, 
tt>e(d)e  ©prad)e  itberljaupt  9tiemanben6  tton  ber  gamtlie  fremb 
war ;  fie  entfd)to£  fid)  bafjer  fogleid)  granjoftf^  ju  lemen,  ju 
tt>eld)em  3wetf  ber  3)olmetfd)er7,  bem  fte  unter  biefen  ftur* 
mifd)en  (Sreigniffen  ein  5finb  au3  ber  Saufe  geljoben  f)atte8, 
unb  ber  nun  and)  ate  ©ettatter  $u  bem  §aufe  etne  boppeltc 
9Mgung9  fpiirte,  fetner  ©esatterin  jeben  abgemitfigten10  2lu* 
genbltcf  fcfyenfte  (benn  er  wofjnte  gerabe  gegeniiber)  unb  iljt 
ttor  alien  £)ingen  biejenigen  *pi)rafcn  einlernte11,  tt>e(d)e  fte 
perfonltc^  bem  @rafen  ttorjutragen  fjabe;  toeld)e3  benn  $um 
Seften12  gerietf).  2)er  @raf  tt>ar  gefd)meid)e(t  t>on  ber  9Ruf)e, 
tt)eld)e  bte  £au3frau  fid)  in  ifyren  Safyren13  gab,  unb  tx>eit 
er  einen  fyeitem  geiftreid)en  3ug  in  feinem  Sijarafter  ijatte, 
aud)  eine  gettriffe  trodfne  ©afanterie  gern  auSiibte,  fo  entftanb 
barauS  ba3  befte  SSertjaltrttf,  unb  bie  serbiinbeten  @ei>attern 
fonnten  erlangen,  n>a6  fie  ftotlten. 

SBare  e$,  vote  fdjon  gefagt,  moglid)  gettefen,  ben  SSater  $u 
erfjeitew,  fo  f)atte  biefer  tteranberte  3uftanb  U)enig  25rudfenbe$ 
gefyabt.  2)er  @raf  ixbk  bie  ftrengfte  Uneigennii^tgfeit ; 
felbft  @aben,  bie  feiner  ©telle  gebu()rteny  (cfjnte  er  ab  ,♦  ba$ 


54  2fa6  meinem  Seben. 

©eringfte,  tta£  einer  23efted)ung  f)atte  atjnlid^  fef)en  fonnen1, 
ttmrbe  mit  3orn,  ja  mit  Strafe  tteggettnefen2;  fetrten  Zcukn 
war  aufs  Strengfte  befof)(en,  bem  <§)au3befit$er  nify  tie  min* 
beften  Unl often3  $u  madden.  3)agegen  ttmrbe  un6  £inbern 
reid)lid)  tiom  9iacfytifd)e4  mitgetljeilt.  23ei  biefer  ©elegentjeit 
mup  td),  urn  t>on  ber  Unfdjmlb5  jener  3^^en  einen  S3egriff  3x1 
gebett,  anfiifyren,  bap  bie  Sautter  un6  eine£  £age3  f)o$lid)6 
betriibte,  inbem  fie  ba3  ©efrorene7,  ba$  man  un3  fcon  ber 
Safel  fenbete,  tteggop,  tt)eil  e3  ifyr  unmoglid)  ttorfam,  bap  ber 
Sftagen  ein  ttafyrfyafteS8  (Si6,  tt)enn  e3  aud)  nod)  fo  burd)* 
§ucfert  fei,  ttertragen  fonne. 

2luper  biefen  Sedfereien,  bie  tx>ir  benn  bod)  allmafjlid) 
ganj  gut  geniepen  unb  ttertragen  lernten,  baud)te  eS  un$ 
ftinbern  and)  nod)  gar  bef)ag(id),  von  Qmaum  Sefjrftunben 
unb  ftrenger  3ud)t  einigermapen9  entbunben  ju  fern.  3)e3 
2$ater3  lible  Saune  naljm  $u,  er  fonnte  fid)  nid)t  in  baS 
Unttermeibltd)e  ergeben.  9Bie  fefjr  qualte  er  fid),  bie  SWutter 
unb  ben  ©eMtter10,  bie  9iatf)3f)erren,  alle  feine  greunbe,  nur 
urn  ben  ©rafen  to£  $u  toerben !  93ergeben3  ftellte  man  ifym 
fcor11,  bap  bie  @egentt>art  eineS  fotd)en  9JJanne3  im  4?aufe, 
unter  ben  gegebenen  Umftanben,  eine  tt>afjre  233opl)at  fet, 
bap  ein  ett>iger  2Bed)fet,  e6  fei  nun  son  Dfficieren  ober 
©emetnen,  auf  bie  Umquartierung  be3  ©rafen  fotgen  ttmrbe. 
£ein3  von  biefen  Slrgumenten  oolite  bei  ifjm  greifen12.  35a$ 
©egenttwrtige  fd)ien  if)m  fo  unertraglid),  bap  if)n  fein  Un* 
mutf)13  ein  ©cpmmereS,  ba3  folgen  fonnte,  nid)t  gett>af)r 
tt)erben  liep. 

2luf  biefe  SBeife  ttarb  feine  £()atigfeit  gelaljmt,  bie  er 
fonft  Ijauptfacpd)  auf  un$  ju  ttxnben  gewoljnt  wax.  2)a3, 
\va$  er  un$  aufgab,  forberte  er  md)t  mefjr  mit  ber  fonftigen 
©enauigfeit,  unb  n>ir  fucf;ten,  ttne  e$  nur  moglid)  fc^ien, 


©rttteS  33u#.  55 

unfere  Sfougierbe  an  militarifd)en  unb  anbem  6ffcntlid)en 
3)tngen  gu  befriebtgen,  ntctyt  aliein  im  £aufe,  fonbem  aud) 
auf  ben  ©trafkn,  melcfyeS1  urn  fo  leister  angieng,  ba  bie 
Sag  unb  SRac^t  unt>erfd)loffene  £au3tf)ure  son  ©d)i(bmad)en 
befe^t  mar,  bte  fid)  urn  baS  ^iiu  unb  293ieberlaufen2  un< 
rufyiger  itinbcr  nid)t3  befummerten. 

3)tc  mand)er(ei  2lngelegenf)eiten,  bte  t>or  bem  9itc§ter* 
ftuf)Ie  beS  ffomgSlieutenantS  gefcpc^tet  murben,  fyatten 
baburd)  nod)  etnen  gan^  befonbem  $ei$,  ba£  er  einen 
eigenen3  SBertf)  barauf  legte,  feme  @ntfd)eibungen  sugleid) 
mit  einer  mitogen,  getftreid)en,  fyeitern  2Benbung  $u  bcglcitcn. 
2Ba3  er  befall,  mar  ftreng  gered)t;  bte  2lrt,  mie  er  e6  au& 
briicfte,  wax  launig  unb  pifant4.  @r  fc^ten  fid)  ben  <$e?jOfl 
son  Dffuna5  jum  23orbilbe  genommen  $u  Ijaben.  @3  fcer* 
gicng  faum  ein  Sag,  baf  ber  2)o(metfd)er  nicfyt6  cine  ober  bie 
anbere  fo(d)e  SInefbote  un3  unb  ber  Gutter  $ur  2luff)eiterung 
erj&Jjfte.  @3  tjatte  biefer  muntere  9JJann  eine  Heine  ©amm>- 
lung  folder  @atomonifd)en7  (§ntfd)eibungen  gcmad)t;  id) 
erinnere  mid)  aber  nur  be6  SinbrudfS  im  Slttgemeinen,  ofjne 
im  @ebad)tni£  ein  SefonbcreS8  mieber  $u  ftnben. 

3)en  munberbaren  Gfjarafter  be3  ©rafen  lernte  man 
nad)  unb  nad)  immer  mefyr  fennen.  3)iefer  9J?ann  wax  fid) 
felbft  (einer  (Sigenfjeiten  aufS  beutltcfyfte  bemuft,  unb  n>ett  er 
gemiffe  2>titen  fyaben  mod)te,  mo  it)tt  eine  2Irt  son  Unmutfy 
§typod)onbrie,  ober  mie  man  ben  bofen  iDamon  nennen  foil, 
iiberftel,  (o  $og  er  fid)  in  fold)en  ©tunben,  bie  fid)  mand)mal 
$u  Sagen  serlangerten,  in  (ein  3immer  jurudf,  fal)  Sftiemanben 
ate  feinen  Jfammerbtener  unb  mar  felbft  in  bringenben  gatten 
nid)t  ^u  bemegen,  ba£  er  2lubten$  gegeben  Ijatte9.  ©obalb 
aber  ber  bofe  @eift  fcon  ifjm  gemid)en  mar,  erfd)ten  er  nad) 
mie  fcor,  mttb,  fyeiter  unb  tljatig.    2lu6  ben  9teben  feineS 


56  Slu6  meinem  Sekn. 

SEammerbtenerS  (Saint  3ean,  eine6  Heinen  Ijagern  SJianneS 
son  muntrer  ©utmiitljigfett1,  fonnte  man  fd)(iefj en,  ba£  er  in 
fruf)ern  3af)ren,  son  folder  Stimmung  ubertoattigt,  grofeS 
Ungtiicf  angerid)tet  unb  fid)  nun  ttor  af)n(td)en  2lbtt>egen2, 
bet  einer  (o  n>i$tigen,  ben  Slirfen  aller  SBett  au$gefe£ten 
©telle,  ju  fyiten  ernftlid)  t>ornefjme. 

■ftun  aber  fd^ctnt  eS  notfjtg,  umftanblidjer3  an^etgen 
unb  begreiflid)  $u  mad)en,  n>ie  id)  mir  in  ber  fran$i>fifd)en 
©prad)e,  bie  id)  bod)  nid)t  gelernt,  mit  mefyr  ober  weniger 
23equemlid)fett  burd)gef)olfen.  2lud)  f)ier  fam  mir  bie  ange* 
borne  ®aU  $u  ©tatten,  baf  id;  leid)t  ben  @$all  unb  iflang 
einer  @))rad)e,  iljre  Seftegung,  tljren  Accent,  ben  Son,  unb 
tta3  fonft  von  au^ern  ©gentl)umlid)feiten,  faffen  fonnte. 
2lu3  bem  2ateinifd)en  ttaren  mir  t^tele  SBorte  befannt ;  ba3 
3ta(ienifd)e  t>ermtttelte  nod)  meljr,  unb  fo  fjorc^te  id)  in 
fur^er  3eit  »on  Sebienten  unb  Solbaten,  @d)i(btt)ad)en  unb 
23efud)en  (o  ttiel  I)erau3,  baf  id)  mid),  tto  nid)t  inS  ©efprad) 
mifd)en,  bod)  toenigftenS  ein3e(ne  gragen  unb  2lnttt>orten 
befteljen  fonnte4.  Siber  biefeS  wax  alleS  nur  ftenig  gegen5 
ben  2Sortf)etf,  ben  mir  ba6  Sweater  bxad)k.  SSon  meinem 
©rojmter  fyatte  id)  ein  ftreibittet  erfjalten,  beffen  id)  mid), 
mit  3Bibertt>itten  meineS  23ater#6,  unter  bem  Seiftanb  meiner 
Gutter,  tagttd)  bebiente.  £ier  fa£  id)  nun  im  parterre7  ttor 
einer  fremben  33uf)ne  unb  $a$te  urn  fo  mef)r  auf  33ett)egung, 
mimifd)en8  unb  9iebe4lu6brucf,  ate  id)  n>emg  ober  nid)t3 
von  bem  fcerftanb,  tt>a6  ba  oben  gefyrod)en  ttmrbe,  unb  a(fo 
meine  Unterfyaltung  nur  fcom  ©eberbenfyiet  unb  ©prad)ton 
nefymen  fonnte9.  3Son  ber  ifomobie  tterftanb  id)  am  m* 
nigften,  n>eit  fie  gefd)tt>inb  gefprod)en  ttmrbe  unb  fid)  auf 
2)inge  be3  gemeinen10  SebenS  be^og,  beren  SluSbuicfe11  mir 
gar  nid)t  befannt  ttaren.    S)ie  Xragobie  fam  feltner  t>or, 


2)ritte3  S3uc^.  57 

unb  ber  gemeffene  ©d)ritt,  bag  Saftartige  ber  SKeranbriner1, 
bag  Sltfgemeine  be3  2Iu3brudf32  marten  fie  mir  in  jebem 
©inne  fa£lid)er.  (§3  bauerte  nid)t  (ange,  fo  nafym  id)  ben 
Siacine3,  ben  id)  in  mehteS  93ater$  SMMiottyef  antraf,  $ur 
4panb  unb  bedamirte  mir  bie  ©tiidfe  nad)  tf)eatra(ifd)er  2Trt 
unb  SBcifc,  tt>ie  fie  ba3  Organ  meineS  Di)x$  unb  baS  it)m 
fo  genau  tterwanbte  ©prad)organ  gefaft  f)atte,  nut  grower 
Sebfjaftigfeit,  ofjne  ba£  id)  nod)  eine  ganje  9tebe  im  3u* 
fammenf)ang  f)atte  tterftefyen  fonnen.  3a,  id)  tcrnte  ganje 
©tellen  au&wnbtg  unb  recitirte  fie,  tt>ie  ein  cingelernter 
©prad)soget4.  3)a3  serfiftcirte  fran$ofifd)e  Suftfpiel  tt>ar 
bamate  fefjr  beliebt;  bie  ©tudfe  son  2)e3toud)c35,  SJlari* 
xtaux6,  2a  Gfjauffee7  famen  Ijauftg  ttor,  unb  id)  erinnerc 
mid)  nod)  beutlid^  manner  d)arafteriftifd)en  gtguren.  SSon 
t)cn  9Jtotiere'fd^en8  ift  mir  weniger  im  ©inn  geblieben. 
2Ba3  am  meiften  Sinbrucf  auf  mid)  mad)te,  war  bie  §typer* 
mneftra  son  £emierre9,  bie  ate  ein  ncuc$  ©tiicf  mit 
©orgfalt  aufgefiiljrt  unb  ttneberfjolt  gegeben  ttmrbe.  <£)od)ft 
anmutfjig  war  ber  (Sinbrucf,  ben  ber  Devin  du  Village10, 
Rose  et  Colas11,  Annette  et  Lubin12  auf  mid)  mad)ten. 
3d)  fann  mir  bie  bebanberten13  Suben  unb  9J?abd)en  unb 
if)re  33ett>egungen  nod)  jefct  ^urudfrufen14.  @3  bauerte  nid)t 
lange,  fo  regte  fid)  ber  293unfd)  bei  mir,  mid)  auf  bem 
Sweater15  felbft  um$ufcl)en,  tt>oju  fid)  mir  fo  manner  (et 
@e(egenf)eit  barbot.  2)enn  ba  id)  nicfyt  immer  bie  gan^en 
©tiicfe  au3$ufyoren16  ©ebulb  Ijatte  unb  mand)e  3?it  in  ben 
SorriborS,  aud)  tt>of)(  bei  gelinberer  3af)r6$eit17  ttor  ber  £f)ur, 
mit  anbern  ifinbem  meineS  2Uter3  allertei  ©ptele  trieb,  fo 
gefettte  fid)  ein  fd)oner  munterer  ifrtabe  $u  unS,  ber  $um 
Sweater  geljorte  unb  ben  id)  in  mand)en  fleinen  9iolfen, 
obttofjl  nur  beilauftg18,  gefe&en  fiatte.    Wlit  mir  fonnte  er 


58  5lu6  meinem  ZtUn. 

fid^  am  beften  fcerftanbtgen,  inbem  id)  mem  gran^ofifd)  bei 
ifjm  geltenb  $u  madden1  nmfte;  unb  er  fmtyfte  fid)  urn  fo 
mefjr  an  midi}2,  ate  fein  5fttabe  feineS  2l(ter3  unb  feiner 
Nation  beim  Sweater  ober  fonft  in  ber  9?afje  ti>ar.  SBir 
giengen  and)  aufjer  ber  £ljeater$cit  ^ufammen,  unb  fetbft 
tt>afyrenb  ber  93orftettungen  Kefi  er  mid)  felten  in  9htf)e.  @r 
war  ein  attertiebfter  fteiner  2luffd)neiber3,  fc^njafete  d)ar* 
mant4  unb  unaufljor(id)  unb  n>ufte  fo  tuel  tton  feinen 
Slbenteuern5,  <§)anbe(n  unb  anbern  ©onberbarfeiten  ^u 
er^afylen,  ba£  er  mid)  auferorbentlid)  unterljielt  unb  id)  tton 
U)m,  ttaS  ©prad)e  unb  SJtittfjeilung  burd)  biefelbe  betrifft, 
in  sier  2Sod)en  meljr  lernte,  ate  man  fit$  fyatte  sorftellcn 
fonnen;  fo  ba£  9tiemanb  ttmffte,  n>ie  td)  auf  einmal,  gleicfyfam 
burd)  Snfpiration,  $u  ber  fremben  <3prad)e  gelangt  ftar. 

@3  nxU)rte  nify  iange,  fo  entfyann  fid)  aber  fur  mid) 
ein  eigneS  unb  befonbreS  Sntereffe.  2)er  junge  2>erone3, 
fo  ttntl  id)  ben  Sfttaben  nennen6,  mit  bem  id)  mein  93er* 
fyattnif  immer  fortfefcte,  war  auper  feinen  2luffd)neibereien 
ein  ifrtabe  tton  guten  Sitten  unb  red)t  artigcm  Setragen. 
©r  mad)te  mid)  mit  feiner  ©d)tt>efter  Mannt,  bie  ein  paar 
3al)re  alter  ate  ttnr  urtb  ein  gar  angeneljmeS  9Jlabd)en  war, 
gut  gewad;fen,  son  einer  regelmajngen  23i(bung7,  brauner 
garbe,  fd)tt>ar$en  £aaren  unb  Slugen;  if)r  gauges  23etragen 
tjatte  tt\x>a$  Stilled,  ja  SraurtgeS.  3d)  fud)te  if)r  auf  atte 
SBeife  gefattig  ju  fein;  atlein  icfy  fonnte  it)re  Slufmerffamfeit 
nid)t  auf  mid)  tenfen. 

2lHe  tf)eatra(tfd)e  Sttannigfalttgfeit8  fonnte  jebod)  un6 
£tnber  nid)t  immer  im  ©d)aufpielf)aufe  feftfjatten.  2Bir 
fyielten  bei  fd)i>nem  2Better  t>or  bemfelben  unb  in  ber  Stalje 
unb  begiengen  atterki  Xfyoxtyiten,  tt>e(d)e  befonberS  an 
©onn*  unb  gefttagen  feine3tteg$  $u  unferm  Sleuf em  :pafc 


©ritteS  23ud).  59 

ten1:  benn  id)  unb  meineS  @teid)en  erfd)ienen  alsbann,  ben 
«£>ut  unterm  2lrm,  mit  etnem  fleinen  £)egen,  beffen  33iiget2 
mit  eater  gropen  feibenen  23anbfd)(eife  gegicrt  toar.  (Stnft, 
ate  ttnr  eine  gan^e  3?it  unfer  SBefcn  getrieben  unb  DeroneS 
fid)  unter  un$  gemifd)t  fjatte,  fiet  e3  biefem  ein,  mir  $u  be* 
tljeuern,  id)  f)atte  tfjn  beleibigt  unb  mfiffc  ifjm  Satisfaction 
geben.  3d)  begriff  $tt>ar  nid)t,  ttaS  ifjm  SInlaf  geben  fonntc, 
lief  mir  aber  (eine  SluSfortcrung  gefallen3  unb  oolite  gtcJjeit. 
@r  tterftcfyerte  mir  aber,  e3  fei  in  fold)en  gatlen  gebraud)tid), 
baf  man  an  einfame  Derter  gelje,  urn  bie  ©ad)e  befto  be* 
quemer  au3mad?en4  $u  fonnen.  SBir  serfiigten  unS  beSfjalb 
Winter  einige  ©d)eunen  unb  ficllten  unS  in  gefyortge  *)3ofitur. 
2)er  3tt>cifampf  erfolgte  auf  eine  etwa6  tljeatralifd)e  SBeife5, 
bie  ivlingen  flirrten,  unb  bie  ©tope  giengen  neben  au$ ;  bod) 
im  geuer  ber  Slction  blieb  er  mit  ber  @pi$e  feineS  2)egen3 
an  ber  SBanbfd^Ieife  mcineS  23iigcl3  Ijangen.  ©ie  n>arb 
burd)bof)rt,  unb  er  tterfid)erte  mir6,  bap  er  nun  bie  ttotlfom* 
menfte  Satisfaction  Ijabe,  umarmte  mid)  fobann,  gleid)fatl3 
red)t  tt)eatra(ifd),  unb  ttnr  giengen  in  baS  nad)fte  JfaffeetyauS, 
urn  unS  mit  einem  ©lafe  SJtanbelmUd)7  son  unferer  @e* 
mutf)3bett>egung  $u  erfyolen  unb  ben  alien  greunbfd)aft3bunb 
nur  befto  fefter  $u  fd)tief  en. 

9tun  fefylte  e$  son  bem  erften  £age  ber  33efi£nef)mung8 
unferer  ©tabt,  jumat9  ifinbern  unb  jungen  Seuten,  nid)t  an 
immertoafjrenber  3erftreuung.  Sweater  unb  Salle,  ^?araben10 
unb  £)urd)marfd)e  jogen  unfere  Slufmerffamfeit  f)in  unb  f)er. 
Die  lectern  befonberS  naljmen  immer  ju,  unb  baS  ©olbaten* 
leben  fd)ien  unS  gan$  luftig  unb  ttergmiglid). 

2)er  2lufentf)alt  be6  £onig6lieutenant3  in  unferm  $aufe 
t>erfd)affte  un$  ben  93crtfjetl,  alle  bebeutenben  *]3erfonen  ber 
franjofifd)en  Slrmee11  nad)  unb  nad)  3U  fet)ert  unb  befonberS 


60  2lu6  meinem  Seben. 

bte  Srften1,  bercn  Sftame  fd)on  burd)  ben  9iuf  $u  un#  ge* 
fommett  wax,  in  ber  9?af)e  $u  betradjten.  ©o  faljen  nnr  tton 
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bequem  bte  ©eneralitat3  bet  un6  t>orubergef)n.  93or  Slllen 
erinnere  id)  mid)  be3  ^rin^en  ©oubtfe4  ate  eineS  fatten 
teutfeltgen5  £errn;  am  beutlid)ften  aber  be3  SWarfc$att$  t>on 
23rogUo6  ate  etneS  jungern,  nid)t  grofen,  aber  tt>ofj(ge* 
i>a\xkn,  lebfjaften,  geiftreid)  urn  fid)  blicfenben,  befyenben7 
9JJanne3 

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merfte  wofy,  bap  t>on  tt)id)tigen  2)ingen  bie  3iebe  wax.  2Bir 
fatten  unS  im  erften  93ierteljaf)r  ber  (Sinquartierung  faum  in 
biefen  neuen  Suftanb  gefunben,  ate  ftyon  bie  yiafyxifyt  fi$ 
bttttW  serbreitete:  bie  2UIiirten10  feien  im  Slnmarfd?,  unb 
#erjog  gerbinanb  son  33raunfd)tt)eign  fomme,  bie  gram 
gofcn  ttom  9Wain  $u  ttertreiben.  Sftan  fjatte  t>on  biefen,  bie 
fidj  femes  befonbern  £rieg3g(ucfe$  rufjmen12  fonnten,  ntd)t 
bie  gropte13  SSorftellung,  unb  feit  ber  ©d)lad)t  son  ^opbad) 
glaubte  man  fie  $erad)ten  $u  burfenj  auf  ben  §er$og  ger> 
binanb  fefcte  man  ba$  gropte  SSertrauen,  unb  alle  preufnfd) 
©efinnten  ertt>artetm  mit  ©ef)nfud)t  iljre  33efreiung  tton  ber 
btefyerigen  Safi.  3Rettt  93ater  wax  etwa$  Ijeiterer,  meine 
Gutter  in  ©orgen14.  ©ie  wax  Hug  genug,  emsufefjen,  baf 
ein  gegenwartigeS  geringeS  Uebel  letd)t  mit  einem  grofen 
Ungemad)  sertaufd)t  fterben  fonne:  benn  eS  $eigte  ftd)  nur 
aliju  beut(id),  bap  man  bem  ^er^og  ntc^t  entgegen  geijen, 
fonbern  einen  Slngrijf  in  ber  Stfafje  ber  ©tabt  abtoarten 
tterbe.  (Sine  9tiebertage  ber  gran$ofen,  eine  $lud)t,  eine 
9Sertf)eibigung  ber  ©tabt,  waxt  e3  aud)  nur,  urn  ben  9iudf$ug 
$u  becfen  unb  urn  bie  Sriidfe  $u  beljalten15,  ein  23ombarbe* 
ment16,  eine  ^tiinberung,  2ltte3  ftellte  fid)  ber  erregten  @in< 


3)ritte$  23ucJ).  61 

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fonnte2,  lte£  burd)  ben  2)otmetfd)er  ifjre  gurd)t  bet  bem 
©rafen  anbringen3;  worauf  fie  bie  in  (eleven  gatten  ge* 
braud;lid)e  2lntU)ort  erfjtelt:  fie  fotle  gan$  rufyig  fein,  e3  jet 
nicfytS  $u  befiird)ten4,  fid)  iibrigenS  [till  fatten  unb  mit 
sJliemanb  son  ber  ©ad)e  fpred)en. 

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ba$  fie  bet  Sergen5  §alt  marten.  3)a3  Jtommen  unb 
©eijen,  ba$  9teiten  unb  Saufen  ttermefjrte  fid)  immcr,  unb 
unfer  £au3  tt>ar  Sag  unb  9?ad)t  in  Slufruljr6.  3n  biefer 
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Ijeiter,  ein  trie  ba3  anbre  9JtaI  an  ©eberben  unb  Sctragen 
t>cUtg  g(eid),  unb  e3  ()at  mtd)  aud)  nac^ljer  gefreut,  ben 
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brucf  gemad)t  Ijatte,  in  ber  @efd?td)te  ruljmlid)7  ern>af)nt  $u 
finben. 

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1759  ber  Sfjarfreitag  fjeran.  Sine  grope  ©title  tterfiinbigte 
ben  naljen  ©turm.  Un6  tftnbem  toar  tterboten,  au$  bem 
£aufe  $u  gef)en ;  ber  93ater  Ijatte  feme  9iuf)e  unb  gieng  au$. 
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id)  gmax  bie  ©egenb  ju  feljen  tterijinbert  toar,  aber  ben 
2)onner  ber  Jfanonen  unb  bad  Sftaffenfeuer10  be3  fteinen 
©etoefyrS  red^t  gut  ttentetymen  fennte.  9?ad)  einigen  ©turn 
ben  faf)en  n>ir  bie  erften  3eid)en  ber  ©d)lad)t  an  einer  9Jei()e 
2Bagen,  auf  toe(d)en  23ertt)unbete  in  mand)erlei  traurigen 
SSerftummelungen  unb  ©eberben  fad)ten  bei  un£  fcorbeige; 
fafjren  ttmrben,  urn  in  ba$  jum  Sa^aretf)12  umgetoanbeite 
Siebfrauenf  (ofter13  gebrad)t  ju  toerben.  ©ogleid)  regte  jldj 
bie  $armf>er$tgfeitu  ber  SSurger.    33ier,  S3ein,  23rob,  ©elb 


62  2lu$  metnem  Seben. 

ttarb  benjenigen  f)ingereid)t,  bie  nod)  etn>a3  empfangen  fornix 
ten1.  2lte  man  aber  einige  3ett  barauf  bleffirte2  tmb  ge* 
fangne  £)eutfd)e  unter  biefem  3ug  gettafyr  ttmrbe,  fanb  ba3 
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bebrangten3  2anb3(euten  bei^uftefjen. 

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Slftiirten  ungliicf(id)en  @d)tad)t.  Sftein  93ater,  in  feiner 
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entgegen  $u  geljen,  ofjne  ju  bebenfen,  baf*  bie  gefd)lagene 
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feinen  ©arten  box  bem  griebbcrger5  Sljore,  wo  er  SltteS 
einfam  unb  rufyig  fanb ;  bann  ttagte  er  fid)  auf  bie  23om* 
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mad)ten,  nad)  ben  ©renjfteinen  ju  fd)ie{5en,  fo  bap  bem 
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ber  gett>ol)nlid)en  gaffung.  2lud)  er  lief  ben  93orbet$ief)en* 
ben  mand)erlei  Spenbe10  reid)en;  aber  nur  bie  3)eutfd)en 
foltten11  fie  erfyatten,  n>elc^e6  ntd)t  immer  moglid)  tt>ar,  n>eif 
ba$  6d)tcffal  greunbe  unb  geinbe  $ufammen  aufgepacft12 
fyatte. 

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be$  ©rafcn'SBort  Qthaut13  unb  beSfjatb  einen  jiemlic$  be* 


2)ritte$  33uc#.  63 

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ttnr  tt>iinfd)ten  unferm  SSater  gleid)en  ©faubm  unb  g(cid)e 
©efinnung,  ttnr  fd)meid)e(ten  iljm,  ttaS  tt>ir  fonnten2,  ttnr 
baten  iljn,  etwaS  ©petfe  5a  ftd)  311  neljmen,  bte  cr  ben  ganjen 
Sag  entbeljrt3  fjatte ;  cr  t>ertt>eigcrtc  unfre  Siebfofungen4  unb 
jeben  @enuf  unb  begab  fid)  auf  feitt  Simmer.  Unfre  grcubc 
n>arb  inbeffen  nid)t  geftort ;  bie  @ad)e  wax  entfd;teben5;  ber 
SimigSIieutenant,  ber  biefen  Sag  gegen  feme  ©eftoljnfjeit  ju 
SPfcrbe  gettefen,  fefjrte  enblid)6  gurucf ;  fetne  @egentt>art  $u 
«£)aufe  wax  notljiger  ate  je.  293  ir  fprangen  tfjm  entgegen, 
fitjften  feme  ^anbe  unb  bejeigten7  ifjm  unfere  grcube.  @S 
fc£;icn  U)m  fefjr  ju  gefatten.  „2Bof)l8!"  fagte  er  freunblid)er 
ate  fonft,  „id)  bin  aud)  urn  euerttoillen9  ttergnugt,  liebe 
itinbcr ! "  @r  befall  fogleid),  un$  Sutfertoerf,  fiipen  233ein, 
iiberfyaupt  ba3  33efte  ^u  reid)en,  unb  gieng  auf  fein  3immcr, 
fdjort  son  einer  gro^en  Sttaffe  2)ringenber,  gorbernber  unb 
SSittenber  umgeben. 

SBir  f)ielten  nun  cine  ftjilid&e  Sottation10,  bebaucrten 
ben  guten11  SSater,  ber  nid)t  Xi)dl  baran  neljmen  modjte12, 
unb  brangen  in  bie  Gutter,  ifjn  fjerbei  $u  rufen ;  fie  aber, 
f(uger  ate  voir,  toufte  toofjl,  n>te  uncrfreu(id)  ifjm  fo!d)e 
®aben  fein  toiirben.  Snbeffen  f)aite  fie  etftaS  Slbenbbrob 13 
jured^t  gemadjt  unb  Ijatte  if)m  gern  eine  portion  auf  ba$ 
Simmer  gefd)icft,  aber  eine  fo($e  ttnorbmmg u  (itt  er  nie, 
and)  nid^t  in  ben  au$ erften  galten ;  unb  nad)bem  man  bie 
fiifkn  ®abm  bei  Seite  gefc^afft  15,  fuc^te  man  if)n  $u  bereben, 
fyerab  in  ba3  gett>bljntid)e  ©peife^immer  $u  fommen.  (Snblid) 
liejji  er  fid)  bettegen,  ungem16,  unb  ttnr  a^mkn17  nid)t, 
tt)etd)e6  Unveil  ttnr  if)m  unb  m$  bereiteten.  2)ie  Xxfypt 
lief  fret  burd)3  gan^e  §au3  an  aUcn  SBorfalen  sorbei.  2Der 
SSater  mupte,  inbem  er  Ijerabftieg,  unmittelbar  an  be3  Orafen 


64  2hte  meinem  £eben. 

Simmer  t>orubergef)en.  @cm  SScrfaal  ftanb  fo  softer1  Ztutc, 
bap  ber  @taf  fid?  entfc^tof,  urn  9Jtef)rere3  auf  etrnnat  ab$u* 
tf)un,  Ijerau^utreten ;  imb  biep  gefd)al)  (eiber  in  bem  Sfugen* 
blicf,  ate  ber  SSater  Ijerabfam.  £)er  @raf  gieng  iljm  fyeiter 
entgegen,  begriipte  ijjn  imb  fagte:  „  3f)r  toerbet  unS  imb 
end)  ©Kief  ttimfd)en,  bap  biefe  gefaf)rlid)e  ©ad)e  fo  gtudfltd^ 
abgelaufen2  ift." —  £eine$n>ege6 !  t>erfe£te  mein  23ater  mit 
Sngrimm3;  id^  vootlte,  (ie  f)dtten  eud)  $um  Seufel  gejagt4,  unb 
ttenn  id)  ljatte  mitfafyren5  follen. —  2)er  ®raf  fytett  einen 
Slugenbttcf  imte,  bann  aber  fuf)r  er  mit  SButf)  auf:  „3)iefe3 
fol(t  iljr  bttpen!"  rief  er;  „3f)r  foftt  nid)t  umfonft  ber  gered)ten 
©ad)e  unb  mir  eine  fold)e  33e(eibigung  jugefugt  ijaben ! " 

£)er  SSater  ttar  tnbep  getaffen6  l)eruntergeftiegen,  fe£te 
fid)  ju  unS,  fd)ien  fjeitrer  ate  btefjer  unb  fteng  an  $u  effen. 
233ir  freuten  un3  bariiber  unb  tvupten  nid)t,  auf  toetdje 
bebenflid)e  SBeife  er  fid)  ben  Stein  ttom  «£)eqen  gcmal^t 
Ijatte7.  ftutj  barauf  ttmrbe  bie  Gutter  IjerauSgerufen,  unb 
ttnr  fatten  grope  Suft,  bem  SSater  au^uplaubern,  was  un6 
ber  @raf  fur  ©lipigfeiten8  tterefyrt  Ijabe.  2)ie  9Jtutter  tarn 
nic^t  ^urudf.  Gmblicf)  trat  ber  2)oImetfd)er  herein.  Sluf 
feinen  SBinf  fd)icfte  man  un$  $u  33ette ;  eS  ttar  fd)on  }pat, 
unb  ttnr  gefjord)ten  gem.  9tad)  einer  rufyig  burd?fd)(afenen 
9?ad)t9  erfufjren  n>ir  bie  geftaltfame  23ett>egung,  bie  geftern 
Slbenb  ba3  |)au6  erfd)iittert  tjatte.  £)er  ^onig^lieutenant 
f)atte  fog(eid)  bcfof)(en,  ben  93ater  auf  bie  9Bad)e10  $u  fufjren. 
2)ie  (Subaltemen11  ttntpten  tt>of)(,  bap  if)m  niemate  $u  ttnber* 
fpred)en  tt)ar ;  bod)  fatten  fie  fid)  mand)mal  2)anf  tterbient, 
tt>enn  fie  mit  ber  2lu3fuf)rung  ^auberten.  2)iefe  ©efinnung 
ttntpte  ber  ©chatter  iDo(metfd),  ben  bie  @etfte6gegentt>art 
niemate  tterUep,  aufS  £ebf)aftefte  bei  iljnen  rege  ^u  mad)en 12. 
2)er  tumult  mar  of)nef)in  fo  grop,  bap  eine  3*>genmg  fid) 


2)utte3  23u$.  65 

t>cn  felbft  fcerftetfte1  unb  entfd)ulbigte.  (§r  f;atte  meine 
stutter  IjerauSgerufen  unb  ifjr  ben  2lbjutantcn  gleicfjfam  in 
bie  «§anbe  gegeben,  bap  fie  burd)  Sitten  unb  23orftettungen 
nur2  einigen  2luffd)ub  ertangen  mod)te.  @r  felbft  eilte 
fd)nett  fjinauf  $um  ©rafen,  ber  fid)  bei  ber  gropcn  23ef)err* 
fd)ung  feiner  felbft3  fog(eid)  in3  innere  3immer  $urutfge$ogen 
fyatte  unb  baS  bringenbfte  @efd)aft  lieber  cinen  Slugenblicf 
ftocfen  lief,  ate  bap  er  ben  eternal  in  iljm  etregten  bofen 
■JKut!)  an  einem  Unfc^ulbigen  gefiif)(t4  unb  eine  feiner  SBurbe 
nad)tf)et(tge  @ntfd)eibung  gege ben  ijatte. 

2)ie  Slnrebe  be£  3)olmetfd)er3  an  ben  ©rafen,  bie 
giifyrung  bc3  gan$en  @efprad)35  fjat  un6  ber  bicfe  ©esatter, 
ber  fic$  auf  ben  gliicflicfyen  ©rfofg  nid)t  toenig  $u  ®uk  tljat6, 
oft  genug  nneberljolt,  fo  bap  id)  fie  au$  bem  @ebad)tnip  kOO^I 
nod)  auf$eid)nen  fann. 

3)er  3)o[metfd)  Ijatte  gewagt,  ba$  Cabinet  ju  eroffnen 
unb  fjinein^utreten,  eine  ^anblung,  bie  f)od)ft  tterpimt7  toar. 
„2Ba$  ftollt  3f)r?"  rief  iljm  ber  ©raf  jornig  entgegen, 
„4?inau3  mit  (Sud)!  ^g>ier  Ijat  9?iemanb  ba$  9ied)t,  fyereinju* 
treten,  ate  Saint  Sean8." 

©o  fyaltet  mid)  einen  Slugenblicf  fur  Saint  Scan,  tterfefcte 
i>er  ©ofatetfd). 

„2)a$u  geI)ort  eine  gute9  SinbttbungSfraft.  Seiner10 
jtoei  madden  nod)  nid)t  einen,  ttne  3(jr  feib.  (Sntfemt  @ud) !" 

<£)err  ©raf,  3fjr  tjabt  eine  grope  ®aU  t>om  <£)immcl 
empfangen,  unb  an  bie  appellire  id). 

„3f)r  benft  mir  ju  fd)meid)eln!  ©laubt  nid)t,  bap  c£ 
Sud)  gelingen  tt>erbe." 

3f)r  fjabt  bie  grope  ®ahc,  £err  ©raf,  and)  in  Slugen* 
blidfen  ber  2eibenfd)aft,  in  Slugenblidfen  be$  3orn^  bie  ©efin* 
mmgen  Sfnberer  anjufyoren. 

g.  b.  5 


66  2fu6  metnem  Sebcn. 

„28of)l,  n>oI)I!  SSon  ©efinnungen  ift  ebcn  Me  SKebe, 
Me  i$  ju  Icmge  angef)ort  f)abe.  3d)  tt>cifi  nur  $u  gut,  baf 
manunS  Ijter  ntc$t  liebt,  bajj  unS  Mefe  93iirger  fc^eel  anfel)n\" 

Sttid&t  aCfe ! 

„  ©eljr  Mele !  2Sa6 !  bicfc  Stabler,  9?eid)3ftabter  pollen 
(ie  feitt '  ?  3J)ren  5?aifer  fyaben  (ie  wtykn  unb  fronen  fefyen, 
unb  ttenn  biefer,  ttngercd)t  angegriffen,  feine  Sanbcr  ju 
ttertteren  unb  einem  Ufurpator3  $u  unterliegen  ©efaljr  lauft, 
mnn  er  gfudflid^erweife  getreue  Sltliirte  finbet,  bie  ifjr  ©elb, 
if)x  Slut  $u  feinem  93ort§eil  sertoenben,  fo  toolfen  fie  bie 
geringe  Safi  nid)t  tragen,  bie  ju  tfjrem  Zl)dl4  fie  trifft,  baf 
ber  9ieid)3feinb 5  gebemutf)igt  tterbe." 

grciticf;  fennt  3f)r  biefe  ©efinnungen  fdjon  lange  unb 
fjabt  fie  ate  ein  weifer  SKann  gebulbet;  aud)  ift  e3  nur  bie 
geringere  3^f)t6.  SBemge,  ttcrblenbet7  burd)  bie  glan^enben 
(Sigenfd)aften  beS  geinbeS,  ben  3ljr  ia  felbft  ate  einen  auper* 
orbentlid)en  SRann  fc^at^t,  ttenige  nur,  3f)r  n)if3t  eS ! 

„  3a  tt)o[jl !  ju  lange  t)abe  td)  e3  gettmft  unb  gebulbet, 
fonft  fjatte  biefer  fid)  ni$t  unterftanben8,  mtr  in  ben  be* 
beutenbften  Slugenbliden  foldje  Seleibigungen  in$  @efid)t  ju 
fagen.  ©$  mogen  fein,  fo  fciel  iljter  pollen9,  fie  follen  in 
biefem  iljrem  Wfjnen  3te^rafentanten  geftraft  werben  unb  fid) 
merfen10,  U)a3  fie  ju  erwarten  Ijaben." 

9?ur  2luffd?ub,  £err  @raf ! 

„3n  getinffen  2)ingen  fann  man  nicf)t  ju  gefdjtoinb  t>er* 
fatjren." 

9tur  einen  fur^en  2luffd)ub ! 

„5ftad)barn !  3fyr  bmtt  mt$  ju  einem  fatten  ©$ritt12 
§u  tterleiten ;  e$  foil  @ud)  nid)t  gelingen." 

SBeber  tterleiten  ttill  td;  ©ud)  ju  einem  fallen  ©d)ritt, 
nod)   fcon  einem  fallen  jurucffyatten ;  (Suer  (Sntfd)(uf  ift 


2>titfe8  33u$.  67 

gercd)t :  er  gejtemt x  bem  $ran$ofen,  bem  5Eontg6(tcutenant ; 
aber  bebenft,  bap  3fjr  and)  @raf  £(jorane  feib. 

„£>er  f)at  f)ter  nid)t  mitjuftrcti&en 2." 

SJton  foUte  ben  brasen  9Kann 3  bo$  auc#  f)orcn. 

„9hm,  tta$  tt>urbc  cr  bemt  fagen?" 

4?err  5Eonig3tieutcnant !  nntrbe  er  fagcn,  3f)r  fjabt 
(ange  nut  (0  &iet  bunHen4,  ummlligen,  ungcfd)icften  ffltafc 
fd)en  ©ebulb  geljabt,  ttenn  fie  e$  @ud)  mtr  nid)t  gar  ju  arg 
marten5.  S5tefcr  ljat'3  freitid;  fcfjr  arg  gcmad&t ;  aber 
gctx)innt  e3  uber  (Sucf)6,  §crr  5?onig3lieutcnant !  unb  jebet* 
maim  votrb  Sud)  beSroegcn  foben  unb  preifen. 

„3f)r  n>tft,  bap  id)  Sure  ^oflcn7  mand)mal  leiben  farm ; 
aber  mipbraud)t  nic^t  mem  2BoI)ht>olfen.  2)iefe  fOTenfdjjen, 
(inb  fie  bemt  gan$  wblcnbct8?  fatten  ttrft  bie  @d)(acbt 
fcerloren,  in  biefem  Slugenblicf  was  ttmrbe  i()r  6d)irffat  fein? 
933 tr.  fdjlagen  un3  bte  ttor  bie  Stjore,  nrir  fperren  bie  Stabt, 
nur  Ijaltcn,  ttnr  ttertijeibigen  im8,  urn  unfere  9tetirabc9  fiber 
bie  Sriicfe  JU  becfen.  ©laubt  3fjr,  bap  ber  geinb  bie  «§anbc 
in  ben  Scroop  gelegt  l)atte10?  (Sr  n>trft  ©ranaten  unb  n>a$ 
er  bei  ber  §anb  n  f)at,  unb  fie  $unben,  ti>o  fie  Fonncn.  SMcfet 
■«§au$kftfcer  ba,  n>a8  ttntt  er12?  3n  biefen  Bimmcrn  f)ier 
plafcte18  jei3t  u>o()t  cine  geuerFugel,  unb  cine  anbere  folgte 
f)interbrein ;  in  biefen  3immem,  beren  ttermafebeitc14  *)3eFing* 
Xapckn  id)  gefd)ont,  mid)  genirt  f)abe,  meine  Sanbfarten 
nid;t15  aufjunageln!  2)en  ganjen  Sag16  fatten  fie  auf  ben 
iJnieen  liegen  folten." 

SBie  ttiele  fyabm  ba3  getf)an ! 

„©ie  ijhtten  foflen  ben  (Segen  fur  un6  crfteJjen,  ben 
©eneralen  unb  Dfficieren  mit  (Sfyrcn*  unb  $reuben$eid)en, 
ben  ermatteten  ©emeinen  mit  Srquicfung  entgegen  geljen. 
Wnftatt  beffen  wrbirbt  mir  ber  ©ift17  biefeS  $arteigeifte6  bie 

S— 2 


68  2tu^  meinem  Sefccn. 

fd)imften,  glucflicfyften,  burd)  fo  *otct  ©orgcn  unb  Slnftren* 
gungen  erttorbenen  Slugenbticfe  meincS  %cbm$ ! " 

(S3  ift  eitt  ^arteigeift ;  abcr  3fjr  tterbet  if)tt  burd)  bie 
S3eftrafung  biefed  Cannes  nur  ttermefyren.  3)ic  mit  if)m 
@leid)gefinnten  werben  (Sud)  ate  einen  £tyrannen,  ate  emeu 
33arbaren  auSfcfyreien1;  fie  Herbert  ifjtt  ate  einert  9Jiartyrer 
betracfcten,  ber  fur  bie  gute  ©ac$c  gelitten  fjat;  unb  felbft 
bie  anber£  ©efinnten,  bte  jeftt  feine  ©cgner  finb,  Herbert  in 
if)m  nur  ben  SKilbutget  fefjen,  fterben  tfjn  bebauern  unb, 
inbem  fie  (Surf;  dlcfyt  geben,  bennod)  ftnben,  bap  3f)r  $u  Ijart 
serfafjren  fctb. 

f,  3d)  {)a6e  (Sud)  fc^on  ju  lange  angeljort  j  mad)t,  bap  3ljr 
fortfommt ! " 

So  fyort  nur  nod)  McfcS!  33ebenft,  bap  c3  ba$  ttneir* 
fyortefte  ift,  U)a3  biefem  9Jtanne,  ft>a3  biefer  gamilie  begegnen 
fonnte.  3f)r  fyattet  nid)t  Urfad)e,  tton  bem  guten  SBillen  be$ 
<£>au$f)crm  erbaut2  jit  fein;  aber  bie  #au6frau  ift  alien 
(Suren  2Bunfd)en  ju&orgefommcn 3,  unb  bie  tfinber  f)aben  (Sud) 
ate  ifjren  Dfjeim  betrad)tet4.  9Jtit  biefem  ein^igen  @d)(ag 
werbet  3f)r  ben  grieben  unb  boi  ©turf  biefer  23of)nung  auf 
cwtg  $erftbren.  3a,  id)  fann  ftofyt  fagen,  eine  33ombe,  bie 
h\$  $au$  gefatten  wave,  n>urbe  nid^t  gropere  93erouftungen 
barin  angerid)tet  f)aben.  3d)  Ijabe  (Sud)  fo  oft  fiber  (Sure 
gaffung  bettmnbert5,  Sjm  ©raf ;  gebt  mir  bie&nat  ©etegen* 
t)eit,  (Sud)  an^ubeten6.  ©in  tfrieger  ift  cf)rtt>urbtg,  ber  fid) 
felbft  in  geinbeS  $au$  ate  einen  ©aftfreunb  betxafykt ;  fjier 
ift  fein  geinb,  nur  ein  SBerirrter.  ©ettnnnt  eS  iibcr  (Sud), 
unb  e$  voirb  (Sud)  $u  exigent  Diufjme  gereid)en ! 

„  2)a3  miipte  ttmnberlid)  jugel)en,"  aerfefcte  ber  @raf  mil 
einem  2ad)eln. 

9tur  ganj  naturlic^,  ertoieberte  ber  Solmetfd&cr.    3$ 


SDritte*  33uc§.  69 

fyabe  Me  $rau,  bie  £inber  nid)t  $u  Suren  guf en  gefd)idft : 
benn  id)  tteip,  bap  (Sud)  fold^e  ©cenen  tterbriepltd)  (tub ;  aber 
id)  ttntt  Gatd)  bie  grew,  bie  ifinber  fd)ilbem,  n>ie  fte  @ud) 
banfen:  id)  tx>itt  fie  @ud)  fd)ilbern,  nrie  fie  fid)  $eitleben3  tton 
bem  £age  ber  @d)(ad)t  bei  Scrgcn  unb  son  Surer  ©ropmutf) 
an  biefem  £age  unterfyalten,  fine  fie  c3  ftinbent  unb  £inbe^ 
finbem  er$af)len  unb  aud)  gremben  if)r  Sntereffe  fur  (Sud) 
ein$uf(open  VDtffen :  eine  «§anbhmg  biefer  2lrt  fann  nid)t 
untergeljen ! 

„3l)t  trefft  meine  fc^n>ac^e  (Seite  nid)t\  £)o[metfd)er.  2(n 
ben  9?a$rufjm  pfleg'  id)  nicfyt  $u  benfen,  ber  ift  fur  2tnbere, 
nid)t  fur  mid);  aber  im  Shtgenblicf  rcc^t  $u  tfyun,  meine 
$flid)t  nid)t  ju  tterfaumen,  meincr  (Sfyre  ni<$t$  $u  fcergeben, 
ba3  ift  meine  <Sorge.  233  ir  fyaben  fd)on  ju  ttiel  SBorte  ge* 
mad)t !  jefet  gef)t  t)in — unb  (apt  @uct;  son  ben  Unbanfbaren 
banfen,  bie  id)  serfdjone!" 

3)er  Selmetfd),  burd)  bicfen  unerttartet2  gliicf(id)en  Shtfc 
gang  iiberrafd)t  unb  bettegt,  fonnte  fid)  ber  Ztycantn  nic^t 
entfyalten3  unb  vootlte  bem  ©rafen  bie  $anbe  f liffcrt ;  ber 
@raf  nricS  Ifjn  ab  unb  fagte  ftreng  unb  ernft :  „  3l)r  ttupt,  bap 
id)  berg(eid)en  nicfyt  leiben  fann ! "  Unb  mit  biefen  SBortcn 
trat  er  auf 4  ben  SSorfaal,  urn  bie  anbringenben  @efd)afte  ju 
beforgen  unb  baS  S3egel)ren  fo  airier  nwtenben  9Jienf$en  $u 
t>ernef)men.  (£0  mxb  bie  @ad)e  bcigelegt,  unb  tt>ir  feierten 
ben  anbern  9Jtorgcn,  bei  ben  Ueberbteibfetn  ber  geftrigen 
3ucfergefd)enfe,  ba3  23oriibergef)en  eine6  UebelS,  beffen  2ln* 
b^l)en  tt)ir  gliicf lid)  t>erfd)lafen 5  fatten. 

<Db  ber  3)o(metfd)  ftirflid)  fo  tteife  gefarod)en,  ober  ob  er 
fid;  bie  Scene  nur  fo  auSgemaft,  wit  man  e3  tt>of)l  natf)  einer 
guten  unb  g(udf(id)en  <§>anblung  $u  tf)un  ^flegt,  ttnfl  id)  nic^t 
entfd)eiben ;  ttenigftenS  Ijat  er  bei  SBieberer^afjlung  berfetben 


7o  2Iu3  meinem  Seben. 

mcrnalS  Mritrt1.    ©enug,  biefer  JEag  bunfte  i(jm,  fo  nne  ber 
forgensollfte,  fo  and)  ber  g(orreid;fte  feincS  SebenS. 

S>et  SbnigStieutenant  n>ot>ntc  nod;  immcr  in  unferm 
§aufe.  (5r  Ijatte  fein  Setragcn  in  nid;t$  geanbert,  befonberS 
gegen  un$ ;  afletn  e3  war  merf(id),  unb  bet  ©ettatter  3)ol* 
metfefy  nntpte  eS  unS  nod;  beutlid^er  511  mad)cn,  bap  cr  (cin 
2(mt  nid)t  mefyr  mit  bcr  §eiterfeit,  nicfyt  mefyr  mil  bem  Sifct 
»ertt>altete  nne  anfangS,  obgteid;  immcr  mit  berfclben  9?ed;t* 
fd;affen()eit  nnb  Sreue.  ©ein  SBefen  nnb  Setragcn,  ba$. 
efyer  einen  Spanier  ate  cinen  granjofen  anfunbigte 2,  feine 
Saunen,  tie  bod;  mitnnter  (Sinfiup  auf  ein  @efd;aft  fatten, 
feine  Unbicgfamfcit  gegen  bie  Umftanbe,  feine  SRetjbarfeit ' 
gegen  2lUe3,  ttxiS  feine  $erfonober  Sljarafter3  berufyrte,  btefeS 
jufammen  mocfyte  tijn  bod;  juweilen  mit  feinen  SSorgefe^ten 
in  Conflict  bringen.  #teju  tarn  nod;,  bap  er  in  einem  £)uelf, 
Mty&  fid;  im  Scfyaufpiel  entfponnen  fyatk,  ttcmnmbet 
nmrbe  unb  man  bem  £onig3lieutenant  xibel  nafjm,  bap  er 
felbft  eine  tterpimte4  ^anblung  ate  oberfter  ^olijeimeifter5 
begangen.  Sfflfe*  bicfcS  mocfyte,  nne  gefagt,  \)a$u  beitragen, 
bap  er  in  fid)  gcjognet6  kbk  unb  I)ier  unb  ba  ttiel(eid;t  mriu 
ger  energifd;  wrfuljr. 

(Sr  ttertiep  bie  Stabt  unb  cr[;ie(t  ftufemwife7  nod)  &e?# 
fd;iebene  Sfjargen8,  boc^  tote  man  f)orte,  nid;t  $u  feiner 
3ufrieben()eit.  @r  Ijatte  inbep  ba3  SSergnugen,  bie  fo  emfig 
tton  ii)m  beforgten  ©ematbe  in  bem  ©d;(offe  feineS  SBruberS 
glutflid;  angebrad)t  jit  fetjen,  fd;rieb  einigemale,  fenbete 
9ftaape  unb  liep  tton  ben  oben  genannten  tfimftlern  33er* 
fd)iebene3  nad;arbeiten.  (Snblid;  tternaljmen  ttnr  nid;te  n>eiter 
t>on  tf;m,  auper  bap  man  un3  nad;  meijreren  Saljren  tter* 
fid;ern  oolite,  er  fei  in  SBefiinbien,  auf  einer  ber  frattj&x 
fifefyen  iMonieen,  ate  ©outterneur  geftorben. 


NOTES. 


Title. 

The  motto  prefixed  by  Goethe  to  his  autobiography  is  derived  from 
the  fragments  of  Menander,  a  Greek  comic  poet  who  flourished  in  the 
second  half  of  the  fourth  century  B.C.  (see  Co?nic.gr.fragm.  ed.  Meineke 
IV-  35 2)'>  Hugo  Grotius,  a  famous  Dutch  scholar  of  the  seventeenth 
century,  has  thus  expressed  this  line  in  a  Latin  verse :  male  eruditur 
tile  qui  non  vapulat  It  should  of  course  be  understood  here  in  a  wider 
sense  as  applied  to  the  'sweet  uses  of  adversity'. 

I  have  followed  the  example  of  Mr  G.  H.  Lewes  in  adding  Goethe's 
well-known  lines  as  an  appropriate  motto  of  the  experiences  of  his  boy- 
hood. 

fca8  5ul;ren  =  tte  Sprung,  'the  guidance';  compare  the  phrase,  cr 
\\\§xt  cin  gittcS  Sefccn,  he  leads  a  good  life. 

tic  Sroljnatut  is  a  compound  far  more  expressive  than  tic  fro^c  Sflatuv 
would  be;  it  denotes  a  cheerful,  merry  temper. — The  dim.  SMttercfycn 
expresses  affection.  Though  in  the  record  of  his  life  Goethe  speaks  of 
his  father  much  oftener  than  of  his  mother,  it  is  well  known  that  he 
cherished  and  loved  his  mother  with  much  greater  affection.  It  may 
almost  be  said  that  the  elaborate  description  he  gives  of  his  father's 
manners  and  intentions  conveys  an  impression  as  if  Goethe  in  his  later 
years,  when  he  came  to  write  his  life,  endeavoured  to  do  justice  to  a 
father  whose  severe  and  austere  rule  had  been  distasteful  to  the  im- 
petuous boy. 

fafcuttren,  lit.  'to  invent  fables',  is  used  in  a  wider  sense  of  poetic 
invention. 


72  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 


Grjie*  Sue!;. 

Page  i. 

i.  mit  tern  ®tocfenfd;Tage  Sroitff,  when  the  clock  was  just  striking 
twelve;  precisely  at  12  o'clock. 

2.  We  say  both  auf  and  in  tic  SBett  fommen. — We  may  add  that 
Goethe's  parents  had  been  married  on  Tuesday,  the  20th  August,  1748, 
when  his  father  was  thirty-nine,  and  his  mother  eighteen  years  old. 

3.  The  sentence  begins  with  the  general  pronoun  man,  but  goes  on 
in  the  pronoun  of  the  first  person  plural,  wit.  Though  it  would,  per- 
haps, have  been  preferable  to  say  at  once  toenn  totr  ung  crinnern  toottcn, 
we  should  observe  that  Goethe  varies  his  style  in  this  manner  in  more 
than  one  passage,  and  there  is  indeed  a  certain  ease,  if  we  may  say  so, 
a  grata  neglegentia,  in  this  construction  which  does  not  disgrace  a  great 
writer. 

4.  in  cinen  5att  fommen,  to  come  into  a  position. 

5.  anfetyewen  means  'to  behold',  to  look  at  something  with  much 
attention ;  hence  the  adj.  cmftyoatty,  that  which  becomes  quite  clear 
on  ocular  inspection,  lucid;  er  §at  uns  bie  <&atyt  mit  »ief  2lnfdjauttcJj!ctt 
au«etnanber  gefefct,  he  has  explained  the  subject  with  much  lucidity,  very 
clearly.  Slnfcfyauenbe  ©rfatytung  may,  therefore,  be  translated  by  'direct 
experience'. 

6.  ctynefjtn,  as  it  is,  after  all. 

7.  burcfygefcrocfjen,  'broken  through';  doors  had  been  broken  through 
the  intervening  middle  wall,  and  the  two  adjoining  houses  had  thus 
been  thrown  into  one.  Observe  the  difference  between  burcfyBrectyen  (v. 
trans.,  id;  fcrecfye  burd;  in  the  original,  mechanical  sense)  and  butd;&red;en 
(id>  butd/ore'efyc  which  is  used  metaphorically);  the  first  forms  the  past 
participle  butcfygeBrodjen,  the  second  burcfy&rocfyen,  though  this  may  also 
be  formed  from  burd;Bred;en ;  e.g.  Grimm  explains  the  present  passage 
in  his  Worterb.  2,  1592  by  adding  man  fjatte  bie  SBcinbe  burd;Brcd;en,  and 
ib.  1 59 1  he  quotes  from  Goethe:  bie  Itytt  SJicmcrede  burd/6rod;en  jeigt  einen 
amnuttyig  fcefd;atteten  Sfajieitftfc,  'an  aperture  broken  (made)  in  the  farthest 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  73 

edge  of  the  wall  shows  a  pleasant  seat  shaded  by  acacia-trees'.  But  it 
is  only  possible  to  say,  cr  §at  atte  ©ctyranfen  te8  SlnfianteS  turcfyfcroctyen,  'he 
has  broken  through  all  restraints  of  decency',  because  this  is  metaphori- 
cal ;  and  again,  in  the  reflective,  the  only  possible  form  is  turctygefaoctycn, 
e.  g.  tcr  2)ieb  Jjat  fid?  rutctygcBrcctyen,  '  the  thief  has  broken  out.' 

8.  tijurmarttg,  lit.  'tower-like' ;  the  stair-case  was  spiral,  as  is  often 
the  case  in  towers. 

9.  unjufammcn^&ngcnb,  'disconnected',  i.e.  the  rooms  were  not  on 
the  same  level. 

10.  auSgleicfyen,  lit.  'to  make  even',  is  often  used  metaphorically  of 
'smoothing  over'  a  difficulty  or  'remedying'  a  defect. 

11.  cine  iungcre  @cfytveftcr:  Goethe's  sister  Cornelia,  who  will  be 
mentioned  again  below,  was  born  on  Dec.  7,  1750;  she  married  a 
clergyman,  Schlosser,  in  1773  (Lewes  b.  Ill  ch.  4)  and  died  in  1777 
(ib.  b.  iv  ch.  6);  in  1779  Goethe,  who  was  then  travelling  with  his 
friend  Karl  August,  Duke  of  Saxe-Weimar,  visited  her  grave  at 
Emmendingen  (ib.  b.  v  ch.  3).  She  was  a  gentle  creature,  and  very 
dear  to  the  poet's  heart. 

12.  roettlduftig,  very  extensive,  spacious.  In  this  word  the  t  before 
the  suffix  is  not  justifiable  on  etymological  grounds,  and  indeed  the  more 
correct  form  remains  teettlAujtg;  but  besides  Goethe,  such  writers  as 
Klopstock,  Lessing,  Wieland,  and  others  have  used  the  form  with 
the  t. 

13.  ®ittcrtoerf,  lit.  'framework';  (Sitter  is,  perhaps,  more  frequently 
used  of  an  iron  trellis-work,  an  iron  gate.  There  is  also  another  form, 
©citter,  which  evidently  approaches  the  English  gate. 

14.  SSogctfcaucr,  'bird-cage'.  The  word  23auer  (commonly  «.,  less 
correctly  n.)  is  the  same  as  the  E.  bower:  M.H.G.  der  btir,  A.S. 
bur,  in  Gothic  probably  bdurs,  from  the  verb  bduan  'to  build'.  It  will 
thus  be  seen  that  the  word  originally  denotes  a  kind  of  aviary,  in  which 
the  birds  can  build  their  nests. 

15.  'In  one  corner  of  the  hall  there  is  a  kind  of  lattice,  opening  by 
an  iron  or  wooden  grating  upon  the  street.  This  is  called  the  Gerams 
etc'  Lewes,  Life  of  G.  b.  I  ch.  2.  This  peculiar  Southern  word 
consists  of  the  common  prefix  gc  +  Siafymtn  'a  frame';  v.  Loeper  quotes 
the  cognate  words  £)fengcram3  (from  Kurz)  and  ©ifenfremg  (from  B. 
Auerbach). 

16.  lefen  is  used  in  the  sense  commonly  borne  by  the  compounds 
Mefen,  auSfcfen,  'to  pick'. 


74  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD,  [Bk.  I. 

1 7.  cm  fufcttctyeS  2lnfefjcn,  a  southern  look ;  the  streets  then  resembled 
the  streets  of  a  southern  town,  where  much  business  is  transacted  out- 
side and  in  the  open  air,  while  in  northern  towns  all  is  limited  to 
indoor  life. 

18.  fief?  fret  fufjfen,  to  feel  free  and  easy. 

Page  2. 

1.  Itek  gmunnen,  to  become  fond  of  some  one. — gar  is  more  collo- 
quial and  affectionate  than  fcfyr. 

I.  ©dniltfyeijj  denotes  the  highest  magistrate  of  the  city — of  the 
dignity  itself  we  shall  hear  more  below. '  The  word  is  a  genuine  old 
Teutonic  term,  derived  from  ©djutb  (O.H.G.  scult)  and  the  verb 
fycifkn,  orig.  one  who  orders  that  duties  be  fulfilled. 

3.  In  E.  we  should  say,  'in  whose  house  we  properly  dwelt',  or 
rather  'whose  house  it  properly  was  in  which  we  dwelt'.  Comp. 
the  phrase  fci  Semantcn  juv  2)Jtctr;e  wo(;nen,  'to  rent  a  house  (or  tene- 
ment) of  some  one'. — Goethe's  grandmother,  Cornelia,  was  81  years 
old  at  the  time  of  the  birth  of  our  hero. 

4.  fyinten  fyinaug,  looking  towards  the  back. 

5.  fyiit  is,  strictly  speaking,  unnecessary,  but  it  enforces  the  meaning 
of  Ml  much  in  the  same  way  as  usque  does  that  of  ad. 

6.  gtetdifam,  as  it  were,  if  I  may  say  so. 

7.  $ager  is  more  than  'thin'  or  'spare';  it  means  'tall  and  thin' 

8.  £trfcfygrabcn,  not  'Stag-Ditch',  but  rather  'Stag-Foss',  ©rafccn 
meaning  the  'moat  defensive  of  a  town'.  This  old  moat  had  been  dried 
up  in  1333,  and  converted  into  a  kind  of  park,  in  which  deer  were 
kept.  The  custom  mentioned  by  Goethe  was  abandoned  about  the  year 
1556. 

9.  'We  wished  to  get  an  explanation  of  this  expression.' 

10.  unterfyalten,  to  keep,  maintain.  Observe  the  omission  of  the 
verb  feten  or  to  arm 

II.  fcetoafyren,  to  preserve.  The  technical  expression  for  this  is, 
however,  'tyegcn'. 

12.  fcaS  «£erfommett,  the  tradition,  custom. 

1 3.  Observe  the  full  form  of  the  past  participle,  instead  of  which  it 
would,  however,  be  more  common  to  say  serfyetft.  The  verb  serfpeifen 
means  to  eat  deliberately  and  in  a  dignified  manner,  while  effen  is  the 
same  process  in  its  everyday  aspect. 


Bk.  I.]  NOTES.  75 

14.  teim  is  in  reality  a  mere  expletive;  we  may,  however,  translate 
'thus,  therefore'. 

15.  ttKim  and;,  even  if,  though. 

16.  Sacjb&efugmjii,  right  of  chase. 

17.  fcerfummcvn,  to  injure,  to  spoil;  from  Summer,  sorrow,  grief. 

18.  toofyi  gar,  it  might  be,  even. 

19.  cine  jal;me  SBitbBatyn,  a  park  of  tame  deer.  (The  'Zoological 
Gardens'  opened  at  Frankfort-on-the-Maine  in  1856  may  now  be  said 
to  fulfil  this  desideratum?) 

20.  It  is,  perhaps,  more  usual  to  say,  ju  unferen  3citcu  or  iu  unferct 
3ctt. 

Page  3. 

r.  The  boy  was  fond  of  this  room,  because  it  awakened  in  his 
breast  longings  (Sef;nfud;t)  for  the  open  country  that  could  be  espied 
from  it. 

1.  ©ommcr^eit  is  a  somewhat  rare  employment  of  the  accusative, 
instead  of  jur  (Scmmcrjctt  (omitting  also  the  8  in  the  compound).  Sanders 
(  Wbrterb.)  quotes  from  Bahrdt  (a  writer  of  the  eighteenth  century) :  nuc 
@ommct«jcit  wurtcn  fie  auf  ten  ftctcit  $Mafc  gcfuT;rt,  'only  in  summer-time 
were  they  led  out  into  the  open  space';  and  from  Zinkgraff  (17th  cen- 
tury):  cut  Sctyalf  giemj  SSintcrSjcit  ubet  fcie  ®af,  'a  roguish  fellow  was 
walking  across  the  road  in  winter-time '. 

3.  era  ©enntter  tfttoattra,  to  wait  until  a  thunder-storm  is  over,  ah* 
in  the  compound  means  '  to  the  end '. 

4.  fief)  an  etn>a3  fatt  fcf;en,  to  look  one's  fill  at  something,  to  satisfy 
one's  self  with  looking  at  something. 

5.  tocmfcetn  =  uifhuantem,  to  walk  (pace)  up  and  down  (for  the  sake  of 
enjoyment  and  recreation). 

6.  fcefevgett  is  said  emphatically  of  '  tending'  the  flowers. 

7.  fid;  erejefcen,  ■  to  enjoy  oneself,  is  now  commonly  both  spelt  and 
pronounced  with  an  b  instead  of  e ;  but  we  have  thought  it  right  to 
preserve  Goethe's  own  mode  of  spelling,  which  is,  moreover,  borne  out 
by  etymological  reasons. 

8.  The  student  will  do  well  to  observe  that  Goethe  is  fond  of  using 
the  neuters  of  adjectives  instead  of  abstract  nouns — which  is  indeed 
a  peculiarity  of  the  German  language  as  well  as  of  the  Greek 
(to  KaXov,  tag  <Sd;cnc,  which  Lord  Lytton  ventured  to  translate  '  the 


76  GOETHES  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

beautiful'.) — ta8   SUmungSsofte   means   a  tendency  towards   presenti- 
ments, a  presaging  mind. 

9.  tic  ftotge  =  tte  gotgqeit,  is  especially  used  in  the  phrase  we  have  in 
the  text.  The  citations  in  Grimm's  Wb'rterb.  3,  1873  show  how  fond 
Goethe  was  of  this  word. 

10.  fcer  ^rofpect,  here  'the  view'. 

11.  fcer  SSatcr  is  more  stately  because  less  usual,  than  mctn 
SSater. 

12.  em  @ttcfy  means  'an  engraving'. 

13.  SSorgSnger,  'predecessor';  but  'successor'  is  Stcicfyfofger.  There 
is  no  word  jiftacfyganger ;  a  similar  word,  0iad?tretcr,  denotes  a  servile 
imitator,  who  follows  in  the  track  of  another. 

14.  'The  Roman  painter  Giambattista  Piranesi  (or  Piraneze)  pub- 
lished a  splendid  work  Le  Antichita  Romane  (Rome  1756,  4  vols,  fol.) 
with  the  designs  of  Roman  buildings  and  monuments,  and  with  explana- 
tions of  them.'  Von  Loeper.  Piranesi,  a  celebrated  architect  and 
engraver,  was  a  native  of  Venice,  but  resided  at  Rome  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  life.  'He  was  remarkable  for  a  bold  and  free  style 
of  etching... he  worked  with  such  rapidity  and  diligence,  that  the  magni- 
tude and  number  of  his  plates  almost  exceed  belief,  and  they  are 
executed  with  a  spirit  and  genius  which  are  altogether  peculiar  to  him . . . 
Antichita  Romane  comprised  in  218  plates  of  atlas  paper,  commencing 
by  a  topographical  view  of  ancient  Rome,  made  out  from  the  fragments 
of  a  most  curious  antique  plan  of  the  city  found  in  the  pavement  of  the 
temple  of  Romulus,  and  now  preserved  in  the  museum  at  the  Capitol.... 
The  exact  time  of  his  death  we  have  not  been  able  to  learn,  but  it  is 
supposed  to  have  happened  in,  or  near,  the  year  1780/  From  the 
Biographical  Dictionary  (1798),  vol.  XII  p.  243—245,  where  12  great 
works  of  Piranesi  are  enumerated. 

15.  ficfj  cmf  etrociS  serftefyen,  to  be  skilful  in  something.  These  men 
were  masters  of  perspective  and  architecture. 

16.  ^atc^JKatirnabct,  etching-needle.  The  etchings  of  these 
masters  were  very  clear  and  valuable,  i.e.  they  were  valuable  on  account 
of  being  so  very  clear  and  distinct. 

17.  The  Piazza  delPopolo  ('Place  of  the  People')  is  a  large  open 
place  at  Rome,  at  the  foot  of  the  Monte  Pincio.  From  this  place  three 
streets  diverge,  which  are  among  the  most  frequented  of  modern  Rome, 
especially  the  Cor  so  and  the  Strada  Ripetta. 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  77 

1 8.  Coliseo  is  the  modern  appellation  of  the  immense  amphitheatre 
erected  by  the  emperor  Vespasian  (70 — 79  A.  D.).     Now 

A  ruin — yet  what  ruin!  from  its  mass 

Walls,  palaces,  half-cities,  have  been  reared; 

Yet  oft  the  enormous  skeleton  we  pass, 

And  marvel  where  the  spoil  could  have  appear 'd. 

These  words  of  Byron's  (C/iilde  Harold  iv  143)  contain  an  allusion  to 
the  fact  that  Pope  Paul  II.  employed  the  stones  of  the  Coliseo  for  erect- 
ing part  of  the  Palazzo  di  Venezia  at  Rome  ;  in  the  same  barbarous 
manner,  the  ruins  of  the  Coliseo  were  despoiled  for  the  erection  of  the 
present  Palazzo  Farnese  and  of  the  Cancellaria.  In  the  middle  ages, 
these  extensive  ruins  served  as  a  kind  of  quarry  for  the  feudal  nobles  of 
Rome — and  after  all  these  spoliations  they  are  still  immense  ! 

19.  tic  $etet8firc$e,  St  Peter's  Church  at  Rome,  the  most  important 
monument  of  the  architectural  style  of  the  Renaissance,  commenced 
under  Pope  Nicolas  V.  in  the  middle  of  the  fifteenth  century  according 
to  a  design  by  Rossellini,  recommenced  in  1506  under  the  direction  of 
Donato  Bramante,  and  then  after  various  interruptions  finished  by 
Michel  Angelo  and  his  successors,  though  the  present  immense  building 
was  not  completed  before  the  1 7th  century,  the  last  parts  having  been 
carried  out  by  Bernini  in  a  very  doubtful  taste.  £)er  $cter8£fa&  is  in 
front  of  the  church.  The  proudest  Church  of  Roman  Catholicism  may 
at  the  same  time  be  said  to  have  not  a  little  contributed  to  the  Reforma- 
tion, inasmuch  as  Luther's  indignation  was  roused  by  the  impudent  and 
impious  manner,  in  which  the  indulgences  granted  by  Leo  X.  were  sold 
and  hawked  about  in  Germany  by  a  monk  of  the  name  of  Tetzel — the 
profits  of  which  shameless  traffic  were  to  go  towards  the  erection  of 
St  Peter's  Church. 

20.  tic  @ngel$6urg,  Castel  San  Angelo,  the  modern  name  of  the  vast 
structure  originally  erected  by  the  emperor  Hadrian  (117 — 138)  as  his 
sepulchre;  in  the  middle  ages  it  served  as  a  kind  of  stronghold  for  the 
Popes  in  their  numerous  feuds  with  the  Roman  nobles  and  citizens,  and 
was  finally  converted  into  its  present  shape  under  the  direction  of  the 
architect  Giuliano  da  San  Gallo  {di  Bartolo),  who  had  also  a  certain 
share  in  the  erection  of  St  Peter's  Church.  The  name  is  derived  from 
the  figure  of  the  angel  loftily  surmounting  the  whole  fabric. 

21.  lafonifcty,  laconic,  originally  denoting  the  brevity  and  terseness 
of  expression  peculiar   to  the  Lacedaemonians  (Aa/caves).     The  well- 


78  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

known  Greek  writer  Plutarch  (second  century  after  Christ)  has  left  us 
a  collection  of  such  '  Laconic '  sayings. 

22.  ©efatftgfeit,  '  kindness'.  <&x  tf)ut  nut  tie3  ju  ©cfatfen,  he  does 
this  to  please  me,  as  a  favour. 

Page  4. 

1.  auSgcfyroctyen,  'pronounced';  the  German  bearing  all  the  different 
shades  of  meaning  of  the  English  word. 

2.  faction  denotes  the  careful  and  detailed  correction  and  elabora- 
tion of  an  original  rough  sketch.  JRcfcacteur  is  in  German  frequently 
used  to  denote  the  editor  of  a  newspaper  or  journal. — We  may  add 
that  Goethe's  father  had  travelled  in  Italy  in  1740. 

3.  tjefrtoeife,  'one  book  after  the  other'.  £cft  is  a  number  of  sheets 
stitched  together  (jufammm  gckftct);  hence  £cft  is  often  used  in  the 
sense  of  the  French  ca/iter,  'a  copy-book',  and  for  the  numbers  of  a 
publication  (livraison,  Stcferung). 

4.  The  German  editor  v.  Loeper  observes  that  no  Italian  teacher 
of  that  name  has  hitherto  been  traced  by  the  Frankfort  scholars,  who 
have  been  very  careful  in  their  investigations  concerning  this  period. 
But  I  should  suspect  that  Giovinazzi  was  merely  the  'sobriquet'  by 
which  the  merry  old  man  was  known  in  the  Goethe  family:  'a  youth'. 

5.  Instead  of  tctran,  it  would  perhaps  have  been  more  usual  to  say 
taBet. 

6.  ftcfj  Bequcmcn  ctrcaS  ju  tf)im  means  that  you  must  needs  do  some- 
thing for  certain  considerations  which  you  would  not  have  done  of  your 
own  free  will. 

7.  Goethe  has  preferred  the  foreign  expression  to  the  German 
fcegfeiten,  which  we  use  in  the  same  sense. 

8.  Goethe  alludes  to  a  stanza  by  Metastasio,  a  famous  and  fertile 
Italian  poet  of  the  18th  century  (born  at  Rome  Jan.  6,  1698,  died 
April    12,    1782),    who   wrote   many  opera-books.     The   stanza  is   as 

follows — 

Solitario,  o  bosco  ombroso, 

A  te  vien  1'  afflitto  cor, 

Per  trovar  qualche  riposo 

Nel  silenzio  e  nell'  orror. 
'O  shady  bushes,  to  your  solitude  comes  the  sad  heart,  to  find  some 
rest  in  your  silence  and  in  your  awe.'     This  was  a  favourite  song  of  the 
period. 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  79 

9.  By  means  of  the  suffix  I)aft  we  form  adjectives  denoting  tendency, 
bent,  inclination:  te^rtyaft,  inclined  to  teach,  of  a  didactic  nature ;  Icfc^aft, 
inclined  to  live,  lively,  vivid,  etc. 

10.  Goethe  means  that  his  father  had  not  much  real  work  to  do, 
and  was  therefore  glad  to  find  an  occupation  to  fill  up  his  time. 

11.  toiffen  denotes  the  theoretic,  and  sermogen  the  practical  side  of 
his  accomplishments. 

12.  nottyfcurftig,  'just  enough  for  urgent  necessity';  she  acquired  just 
enough  to  satisfy  her  husband's  expectations,  not  a  whit  more. 

13.  fcie  Sreiftunte,  leisure-hour,  leisure-time. 

14.  fytntdngticfy,  'sufficient';  eg  fangt  means  'it  suffices,  it  will  do'. 

15.  Compare  the  Latin  phrase  finis  coronat  opus. 

16.  ^u^enfpicl,  'puppet-show'.  We  have  still  many  of  the  puppet- 
plays  that  used  to  be  exhibited  on  the  stages  of  these  theatres :  they  have 
been  collected  by  Carl  Engel,  Deutsche  Puppenkoinbdien^  Oldenburg, 
Schulze.  (^u^e  by  itself  means  'a  doll'.)  It  may  be  interesting  to 
know  that  the  beaux  restes  of  the  ^u^cnfpict  which  the  good  grandmother 
presented  to  her  grandsons,  at  Christmas,  1753— the  last  she  lived  to  see 
— are  still  to  be  seen  among  the  curiosities  of  the  Public  Library  at 
Frankfort-on-the-Maine. 

17.  nacfyttingctt  denotes  the  weaker  vibrations  of  the  sound,  after  the 
chief  tone  has  passed  away.  The  use  of  the  prep,  in  with  the  ace.  is 
peculiar,  to  denote  the  result  into  which  the  sounding  is  finally  resolved. 
A  very  free,  but  still  not  an  incorrect  translation  would  be  'which  con- 
tinued to  vibrate  with  a  great  and  lasting  effect'.     (Oxenford). 

18.  fcaS  fhtmme  $erfonat,  'the  mute  (speechless)  personages'  are  the 
dolls  (?nai-ionettes),  by  means  of  which  the  plays  are  acted.  Observe 
that  $crfonai,  being  a  foreign  word,  is  pronounced  with  the  accent  on  the 
last  syllable. 

Page  5. 

1.  fcrctmctttfetye  23eTefomg,  'dramatic  vivification';  by  being  employed 
for  acting,  a  kind  of  life  was  breathed  into  the  'lifeless  actors'  of  the 
puppet-show. 

2.  mu^tc  should  be  translated  with  an  adverbial  expression  ('of 
necessity,  of  course'),  and  the  infin.  feut  should  become  the  finite  verb. 

3.  Frau  Cornelia  Goethe  was  born  in  1668,  and  died  on  March  28, 
1754,  about  three  months  after  she  had  so  greatly  rejoiced  her  grand- 


So  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

children's  hearts  by  her  last  Christmas  present,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
86  years. 

4.  3lfcfc§ciben  is  (like  'departure')  an  euphemism  for  'death'. 

5.  i  My  father  had  abstained  from  making  even  the  very  slightest 
change  or  renovation.'  We  have  heard  before  that  the  house  belonged 
by  right  to  the  grandmother  during  her  life-time. 

6.  ^cutptfjctit,  here:  a  great  building  design,  a  sweeping  scheme  of 
building.  In  other  places,  the  word  means  '  the  principal  part  of  a 
building'. 

7.  ettoctS  tiorneljmen,  to  take  a  matter  in  hand.  In  this  sense  we  say 
also,  ettoaS  in  2lngriff  nefjmen. 

8.  It  should  be  observed  that  in  mcfjrcrcn  often  @t&fcten  means  in 
compluribus  antiquis  ttrbibus,  'in  several  (many)  old  cities';  in  phtribus 
('  in  more')  would  be  in  metjr  attcn  ©t&fcten. 

9.  '  Whenever  people  erected  wooden  structures.' 

10.  Instead  of  this,  Goethe  might  have  used  the  German  word  9ftaum. 

11.  It  would  be  more  correct  to  say  ©tocfmcrfcn.  2)ie  @tocfe  means 
'the  sticks',  but  the  oblique  cases  may  also,  though  rarely,  be  used  in 
the  sense  of  '  stories '. 

12.  u&crfcauen,  to  build  so  that  part  of  the  building  projects  into  the 
street.     This  is  afterwards  called  $crau6¥utfen. 

13.  bcnn  is  a  mere  expletive;  cf.  p.  2,  14. 

14.  BefonbcrS  qualifies  the  adjective  enge:  'streets  which  were  es- 
pecially narrow'. 

15.  fingftttcty  commonly  means  'anxious';  here,  however,  it  should 
be  understood  in  an  active  sense -—  dngfttic*)  macfyenb  or  faangftigenb  'narrow- 
ing up',  'oppressive'. 

16.  cin  ©efefc  getyt  burcf),  a  bill  (law)  is  passed. 

17.  ton  ©tunb  ctuf,  funditus,  'from  the  foundations'. 

1 8.  There  are  still  many  old  houses  of  this  description  to  be  seen 
at  Frankfort-on-the-Maine. 

19.  ficfy  urn  dtuaB  fcefummem,  to  trouble  one's  head  about,  care  for, 
something.  Urn  ettoag  fcefcrgt  fein,  which  follows  directly,  expresses  the 
same  notion. 

20.  Slugfluctyt  (or  2lu8roeg)  denotes  an  expedient  (evasion)  by  which 
something  unpleasant  is  avoided. 

21.  untetftii&en  is  here  used  in  its  original  sense  'to  prop  up,  to 
underprop';  but  it  has  more  frequently  the  metaphorical  sense  '  to  help, 
aid,  assist'.     Hence  the  subst.  llnterfiufcung  (fern.),  'assistance'. 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  Si 

22.  etnfcfyalten,  to  insert. 

23.  gerotffermafen,  'in  a  manner',  is  used  as  an  adverb,  though  it  is 
originally  a  genitive  plural. 

24.  ganj  is  the  adverb  'totally'.    If  it  were  adj.,  it  ought  to  be  gaitjC. 

Page  6. 

1.  tag  Sccfyntfctye  =  tie  tecfynifcfyc  ®cttc,  '  the  technicalities'. 

2.  rocnig  erfreuticfy,  'not  at  all  pleasant'. 

3.  ter  ©ang,  'the  passage'  (in  a  building). 

4.  tie  £arfe,  'the  hatchet'. 

5.  3tmmermann,  'carpenter',  still  preserves  in  its  first  part  the 
original  meaning  of  3immcr= timber.  The  same  appears  in  the  verb 
jimmern. 

6.  son  ter  3ugent  =  son  unS  jungen  Scutcfycn,  'by  the  young  people'. 
Sugenb  is  used  as  an  abstract,  a  concrete,  and  a  collective  noun. 

7.  @pieltaum,  lit.  'space  for  playing';  they  were  allowed  to  play 
about  more  freely  and  were  not  confined  so  strictly  as  before. 

8.  fctyaufein,  'to  swing';  hence  'a  swing'  is  called  cine  ©ctyaufet. 

9.  ficfy  auf  33rcttcrn  ju  fefyroingen,  '  to  play  at  see-saw  with  the  boards'. 
(O.) 

10.  aptragen,  lit.  'to  carry  away'  (e.g.  dishes  from  the  table);  then 
in  general  'to  remove'. 

n.  oljngeacfytet  is  used  as  a  kind  of  preposition,  and  joined  with  the 
genitive;  it  means  'notwithstanding,  in  spite  of. 

12.  iioergefpannt  is  'stretched  over';  but  ufcerfpannt  has  the  meta- 
phorical sense  of  'excited,  exalte1. 

13.  The  carpets  (Sejtyicfye)  had  been  turned  up  and  did  the  service  of 
tarpawling. 

14.  ofcgtetcfy  ungern,  though  much  against  his  wish,  reluctantly — in 
Homeric  phrase,  €kwi>  &£kovtL  ye  dufxy. 

15.  toofytroottent,  kind. 

16.  etrociS  getoafyr  toerben,  to  become  aware  of  something ;  to  become 
actually  acquainted  (familiar)  with  something. 

Page  7. 

1.  tmmer  freier,  with  ever  increasing  freedom. 

2.  ter.  ©eftnete,  a  playfellow.  The  prefix  ge*  is,  as  usual,  the  same 
as  co  and  con,  'he  who  plays  with  another'. 

G.  B.  6 


82  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

3.  mit  cttoag  ttotgrctfcn,  to  anticipate  something. 

4.  The  present  editor  feels  all  the  more  interest  in  explaining  the 
descriptions  of  Frankfort  localities,  as  his  own  boyhood  was  spent  in 
that  city,  and  as  these  names  remind  him  of  many  happy  hours,  and, 
above  all,  of  his  own  school-time. 

5.  The  great  bridge  over  the  Maine,  which  connects  Frankfort  with 
the  suburb  of  Sachsenhausen,  was  built  in  the  year  1342;  it  rests  on 
14  arches,  is  945  feet  long,  and  27  \  feet  broad.  From  it  a  splendid  view 
up  and  down  the  river  may  be  obtained. 

6.  e8,  i.e.  fca§  S3aun?crf ;  it  might  also  have  been  fie,  sc.  tie  SSrucfe. 

7.  Observe  the  prepos.  nadj,  in  place  of  which  most  Germans 
would  probably  have  written  auf.  But  Goethe  means  to  express  that 
the  eyes  of  the  beholder  follow  the  course  of  the  river,  hence  the  river 
draws  the  eyes  after  it. 

8.  23rucfenfreu$  (a  compound  omitted  in  Grimm's  Worterb),  the 
cross  erected  on  the  bridge.  The  golden  cock  has  occupied  a  place  on 
the  bridge  ever  since  the  earliest  times,  though  it  is  difficult  to  settle 
what  it  is  meant  to  indicate.  It  had  been  gilt  anew  in  1750,  and  has 
since  then  remained  in  the  same  state  as  when  Goethe  admired  it. 

9.  ein  Jtreujer  is  (or  was)  a  small  silver  coin,  worth  \  of  a  penny. 
The  name  is  derived  from  the  cross  which  appeared  on  the  earliest 
coins  of  this  description,  which  were  struck  in  the  Tyrol  in  the  14th 
century. 

10.  gar  fcefjagticfj,  with  very  great  enjoyment  (23e^agen). 

11.  fcer  SSetnmarft  is  before  St  Leonard's  gate,  close  to  the  Maine, 
so-called  because  wine  was  always  sold  and  drunk  there. 

12.  ter  .Rratyn,  the  crane,  is  seen  on  the  ancient  plans  of  Frankfort. 

13.  fcaS  2flarftfcfyiff  appears  to  have  been  a  very  primitive  communi- 
cation by  river  with  the  cities  of  Hochst  and  Mayence.  It  has,  of 
course,  long  since  ceased  to  ply  on  the  river. 

14.  fcer  ©aalfyef  is  still  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  buildings  by  the 
riverside.  Lewis  the  Pious,  who  erected  the  original  building,  lived  in 
it  during  the  winter  of  823,  and  Charles  the  Bald  was  born  in  it.  The 
Carlovingian,  Saxon  and  Hohenstaufen  Emperors  often  resided  in  this 
palace,  but  in  the  17th  century  it  fell  into  private  hands,  and  was 
magnificently  rebuilt  at  the  beginning  of  the  18th  century. 

15.  ©emerbfiabt,  'the  merchant's  town',  the  original  and  oldest  part 
of  the  town  in  which  most  business  is  transacted  even  now,  and  in  which 
the  half-yearly  fairs  are  held. 


Bk.  L]  notes.  s3 

i 6.  9)Jarfttacjc3  is  the  genitive  of  time,  used  adverbially,  like  3lbcnt£, 
2)iorcjcn3  and  many  others.     We  might  also  say,  an  cincm  3)tcirfttage. 

17.  St  Bartholomew's  is  more  commonly  known  as  ter  $>om.  Part 
of  the  great  tower  (which  had  never  been  completed)  and  of  the  build- 
ing itself  was  seriously  injured  by  a  fire  in  August  1867. 

18.  5lnjtalt  means  in  the  first  place  'arrangement',  then  also  more 
commonly  'institution,  establishment';  here  we  should  translate  it  as 
equal  in  sense  to  SSeranjialtung,  (Sinricfjtung,  'arrangement'. 

Page  8. 

1.  tag  $farrcifcn  denotes  the  part  adjacent  to  the  Dom  on  the  town- 
side,  where  an  iron  gate  appears  to  have  once  shut  in  the  cemetery 
which  originally  surrounded  the  church. 

2.  tcr  JBafccn  was  an  old  coin  =  4  tfrcujcr;  Grimm  explains  it  'num- 
mus  ursi  typum  gerens',  from  the  bear  which  appeared  on  the  earliest 
coins  of  this  kind,  struck  at  Berne.  This  coin  is  but  very  rarely  seen 
nowadays. 

3.  mocf)te  man  is  not  the  same  as  fonnte  man ;  the  little  people  did 
not  often  feel  inclined  to  push  their  way  through  the  crowded  and  dirty 
market-place. 

4.  gtcifcfyfranfe,  shambles,  meat-stalls.  These  stalls  which  excited 
Goethe's  horror  and  disgust  more  than  a  hundred  years  ago,  continued 
to  disgrace  the  city  of  Frankfort  a  few  years  ago  when  I  last  visited  it, 
nor  do  I  doubt  their  still  being  there.  We  boys  often  passed  them  with 
much  disgust  on  our  way  to  school. 

5.  fcer  JKomcrfcerg.  is  a  large  place  not  far  from  the  Maine,  with  the 
elegant  -Dttcctaifitefje  on  the  south  side,  and  the  JRomer  (or  Townhall),  in 
which  there  is  also  the  Emperors'  Hall  (tfaiferfaat)  with  the  full-length 
portraits  of  all  the  German  Emperors  from  Conrad  I.  down  to  Franz  II. 
The  name  is  most  probably  derived  from  the  fact  that  the  Roman 
Emperors  of  the  German  nation  first  presented  themselves  as  such  from 
the  balcony  of  the  Corner. 

6.  ©pajtcrptafc,  a  place  for  walking,  a  promenade. 

7.  ardnteftimifcfy  is  the  adv.,  which  it  would,  however,  be  impossible 
to  render  in  English  by  one  word.  We  may  translate:  'architecturally 
speaking',  or  'in  the  way  of  architecture'. 

8.  aft  denotes  the  old  city,  such  as  it  was  founded  originally.  It 
was  subsequently  extended  and  enlarged.  Hence  we  find  in  many 
German  towns  separate  parts  designated  as  2Utfktt  and  Steujtatt. 

6—2 


84  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

9.  fcqeicfytten,  lit.  'to  serve  as  a  token  (3eicf?en)  of  something';  hence, 
to  define,  designate. 

10.  tteiterfym  should  be  taken  in  its  original  local  sense :  'farther  on'. 

11.  *  All  still  showed  (but)  too  plainly.' 

12.  breiter  and  [carter  are  adverbs:  'the  new  streets  which  had  been 
laid  out  so  as  to  be  broader  and  more  beautiful'. 

13.  bte  SBtftfitr,  lit.  'arbitrariness';  personal  fancy,  caprice. 

14.  In  this  phrase  we  commonly  use  the  compound :  (£tnem  (or  einct 
©adje)  feinen  llrfprung  setfcanfen. 

15.  $atf>t)au8,  'Townhall',  hdtel  de  ville.  The  German  name  in- 
dicates that  the  City- Council  (ber  9tatlj>)  holds  its  meetings  in  the  building. 

16.  geruitfbafynlicfy,  'vault-like'.  (Bin  @eroolbe  is  a  vaulted  room  or 
hall. 

17.  The  expression  ftc^j  serltercn  ('to  lose  one's  way')  is  of  course 
somewhat  exaggerated  instead  of  meandering  or  wandering  about. 

18.  Instead  of  the  half- foreign  compound,  Goethe  might  have  said 
©ifcunggsimmet.  But  he  seems  to  have  preferred  the  pedantic  appella- 
tion actually  applied  to  the  room  at  that  time. 

19.  get  af eft,  'panelled'. 

20.  StBoIbung,  vaulted  (arched)  ceiling. 

2r.  Goethe  has  quoted  the  inscription  from  mere  recollection.  It 
actually  runs  as  follows : 

(StynS  marts  rebbe  cirt  Ijatbe  rebbe 

man  fal  fte  bttlid)  »err)dren  bebe. 
'One  man's  speech  is  half  a  speech;   they  should  in  justice  both  be 
heard.'      The   corresponding  Latin  maxim  audiatur  et  altera  pars  is 
well-known. 

Page  9. 

1.  aftertpmticyft,  'most  antique'. 

2.  SSettafehmg,  lit.  the  'over-panelling',  the  inseparable  prefix  set* 
being  in  many  cases  the  same  as  'over',  both  in  sense  and  origin. 

3.  begrctfen,  to  comprehend,  understand. 

4.  ttnfer  £anb  is  an  adverbial  use  of  the  genitive,  =  ItnfS,  or  jut 
Stnfen,  'to  the  left'.     Compare  what  follows  directly  afterwards. 

5.  The  more  usual  expression  is,  bte  gegenuber  liegenbe  ©cfe. 

6.  bcr  <Sctyoffe  (pi.  bte  ©cfyoffen)  denotes  a  counsellor  of  plebeian  origin, 
while  the  9Ratr)§Ijerren  were  those  of  patrician  origin.  Both  'benches' 
were  equal  in  number,  fourteen  each.     (Sctydffe  is  an  old  German  word, 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  85 

derived  from  the  Old  High  German  scafan  (  =  modern  G.  fctyaffen),  'to, 
award  justice'. 

7.  For  ©cfyutt^etfj  see  n.  on  p.  2,  2. 

8.  ein  fteineS  Sifcfyctyen  is,  in  a  certain  sense,  a  tautology,  the  dim. 
£ifcf)cf)en  expressing  something  small  by  itself  without  the  adj.  Hem. 
But  the  sense  may  be  '  a  very  small  table '. 

9.  bie  genfierfctte  is  that  side  of  the  room  where  the  windows  are. 

10.  nunmcfyr,  then. 

11.  ficfy  $tef)en,  here:  to  extend,  run. 

12.  bcr  ^rotofotffufyrer,  'the  registrar',  who  takes  down  the  minutes 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  Senate.  In  this  sense  we  also  say  ber  $rcto* 
f oftifi.  The  word  bag  $rotof  &tt  is  of  Greek  origin,  to  irpwroKoWov  (irpcSros 
and  KoXXa)  which  denotes  in  Byzantine  Greek  'a  paper  containing  the 
substance  of  a  legal  instrument,  to  be  filled  with  names,  date,  and  so 
forth'  (Sophocles,  Lex.  of  Byz.  Greek,  p.  958). 

13.  This  is  a  shortened  conditional  clause  =  toenn  nnr  etnmal  in  tern 
Corner  ttjarcn. 

14.  tuoljt  denotes  repetition  :  'we  would  mingle'. 

15.  Goethe  has  the  old  form,  in  which  the  it  remains  without  modi- 
fication, also  in  Hermann  and  Dorothea:  ber  tourbige  23urgemctftcr  4,  21. 
The  modern  form  is  burger  inciter. 

16.  ber  ©cfyltefjer,  lit.  he  who  turns  the  key  on  something  (compare 
bie  S^ure  fcfyUejien),  i.e.  a  keeper. 

17.  bic  tfaifertreppe,  the  grand  staircase,  had  been  made  in  1742, 
when  the  frescoes  were  also  painted. 

18.  The  'election-chamber'  joins  the  'Kaisersaal';  it  is  still  in  the 
same  state  as  when  the  boy  Goethe  beheld  it  with  respect  and  awe. 
'  The  allegorical  and  jocular  representations  which  are  painted  on  the 
ceiling  and  over  the  doors,  and  in  which  pretty  little  angels  are  seen 
playing  at  hide-and-seek  with  the  insignia  of  the  empire,  date  from  the 
year  1740,  like  the  rest  of  the  outfit  of  the  room.'  (Badeker.) — ®olt* 
tciftcn  are  gold  borders ;  these  are  said  to  be  in  curious  (strange,  fantastic) 
arabesques  (©ctynorfet). 

19.  bie  Sfntrftucfe  are  'the  paintings  over  the  doors'.  In  this  sense 
<Stitc!  is  also  used  in  the  expression  ein  Jtnieftutf  (a  half-figure  portrait). 

20.  Maftct  expresses  that  the  insignia  seem  to  be  too  heavy  a  burden 
(Saft)  for  their  tiny  bodies. 

2 1 .  etne  nmnbetHcfye  Sigur  fpietcn,  to  cut  a  strange  figure. 

22.  The  expression  is  somewhat  strange  on  account  of  its  brevity. 


86  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

All  would  be  clear,  if  it  were  eine  £runung  ju  erte&cn  intb  mit  (cigcnen)  Slugcn 
ju  fefyen.  Young  Goethe's  wish  was  fulfilled,  and  the  coronation  he 
witnessed  is  splendidly  described  in  the  fifth  book  of  his  Autobiography. 

23.  tymctnfcfyiuFfen,  to  steal  in. 

24.  fcie  23ruftbilfcer,  i.e.  the  half-length  portraits  of  the  Emperors, 
which  Goethe  saw  were  not  the  same  as  those  seen  by  the  present  visitor. 
The  old  portraits  were  in  1840  either  removed  or  covered  over  with  new 
ones  executed  by  the  principal  painters  of  Germany. 

25.  mocfyte,  who  felt  inclined  to  tell  us  something. 

Page  10. 

1.  Charlemagne  (768 — 814)  was  crowned  Roman  Emperor  by  Pope 
Leo  III.  on  Christmas-day,  800. 

2.  mftrc^cn^aft,  fabulous. 

3.  9?utefylj  son  £afc3burg  was  German  Emperor  from  1273  till  1291. 
Compare  Schiller's  famous  ballad  '$)er  ®raf  son  <£>afrgfrurg'. 

4.  The  'great  disorders'  alluded  to  are  the  troubles  of  the  period 
called  'the  interregnum'  (1250 — 1273),  in  which  the  'robber-knights' 
(JRauBrittcr)  had  carried  on  their  depredations  without  the  least  fear  of 
punishment. 

5.  Rail  IV.  (1346 — 1378)  of  the  House  of  Luxemburg,  King  of 
Bohemia  and  Emperor  of  Germany,  had  determined  the  mode  of  election 
of  his  successors  in  the  famous  act  called  tic  goffcene  23utte,  a  copy  of 
which  is  still  shown  at  the  Corner.  This  document  dates  from  the  year 
1356,  and  has  received  its  name  from  the  golden  capsule  attached  to  the 
parchment. 

6.  Goethe  makes  a  strange  mistake  in  ascribing  the  'order  of 
criminal  law'  given  by  the  Emperor  Charles  V.  (15 19 — 1556)  to 
Charles  IV.  who  lived  nearly  two  centuries  before.  For  the  exact  sense 
of  the  adj.  £cinttcfy,  see  our  note  on  Hermann  and  Dorothea  1,  73. 

7.  cin  ©egenfatfer,  an  Emperor  elected  in  opposition  to  another. 
Giinther  von  Schwarzburg  was  opposed  to  Charles  IV.  in  1349,  but 
died  very  soon  afterwards  on  June  19  of  the  same  year,  not  without  a  sus- 
picion of  having  been  poisoned.    He  lies  buried  in  the  Dom  at  Frankfort. 

8.  (Sinen  ettt)a3  entgetten  taffen.  to  visit  something  on  some  one, 
make  him  suffer  for  it.  The  verb  entgetten  is  generally  construed  with 
the  accusative  of  the  person:  e.g.  Scfy  taffc  e3  bid)  nicfjt  entgetten.  But 
Loeper  quotes  two  instances  of  the  dative,  one  from  Lessing :  2Carum  fofl 
id?   mctner   ©efttnfctyeit   feine   ©to&tyeit   entgelten   laffen?   and   another  from 


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Thiimmel :  ten  (Bnhtn  eutgeften  tafftn.    In  the  Frankfort  dialect,  the  dative 
is  very  commonly  used  after  entgcltcn. 

9.  Maximilian  I.  of  the  House  of  Habsburg,  the  grandfather  of 
Charles  V.,  reigned  1493 — 15 19.     He  is  commonly  called  tcr  Ic&te  fitter. 

10.  Observe  the  quaint  omission  of  the  final  verb  ift 

1 1.  Charles  V.  was  the  son  of  Philip  of  Habsburg  and  Johanna  of 
Castille,  the  daughter  of  Ferdinand  and  Isabella  of  Spain.  He  had 
become  king  of  Spain  in  15 16. 

12.  Francois  I.,  king  of  France,  1515 — 1547»  the  powerful  and 
valiant  adversary  of  Charles  V. 

13.  betenfucfy,  lit.  thoughtfully;  with  some  anxiety. 

14.  umgel)cn,  lit.  to  go  about,  to  circulate. 

15.  Compare  the  expression,  eg  fattt  in  tic  9lugen,  it  strikes  the  eye. 
Hence  augenfalftg  is  'obvious'. 

16.  (SineS  is  spelt  with  a  capital,  because  it  denotes  'only  one'. — In 
Goethe's  boyhood  there  seemed  to  be  only  room  left  for  one  more 
portrait,  that  of  Joseph  II.  By  removing  a  clock  between  the  windows, 
room  was  made  for  Leopold  II.,  and  subsequently  even  Franz  II.  was 
provided  with  accommodation.     But  now  the  hall  is  actually  quite  full. 

17.  tic  *patriotifcfygcfinntcn,  men  of  a  patriotic  mind. 

18.  fctnen  llmgang  fatten,  to  make  one's  circuit. 

19.  The  sepulchral  monument  of  Giinther  was  not  seen  by  Goethe 
in  its  original  place,  i.e.  the  choir  of  the  Dom,  but  in  a  place  by  the 
side  of  the  choir,  to  which  it  had  been  removed  by  Charles  VII.  in 
1743,  in  order  to  gain  more  space  in  the  body  of  the  church.  It  is  for 
this  reason  that  Goethe  uses  the  expression  etymatS  directly  afterwards,  as 
the  stone  had  been  removed  from  the  grave  itself. 

20.  Conclave  is  the  Latin  term,  a  German  equivalent  of  which  would 
be  tic  2BaI)(fapette. 

21.  ©infctitunggfraft,  'imagination'.  Instead  of  this  German  term, 
we  often  use  the  foreign  word  tic  $$antafte. 

Page  ii. 

1.  tic  mficfyttgjtcn  fturfien  should  be  understood  of  the  most  powerful 
princes  of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire,  i.  e.  the  electors. 

2.  ttjurtig,  becomingly,  in  a  manner  suitable  to  the  importance  of 
the  place. 

3.  cfcencin,  'moreover';  i.e.  besides  its  being  not  at  all  properly 
decorated. 


88  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  1. 

4.  ba8  ©eriift,  a  scaffold. 

5.  bag  ©efpcrr,  is  the  collective  of  ©barren,  a  beam,  a  rafter.  The 
word  is  not  very  common. 

6.  serunfiatten,  to  disfigure. 

7.  This  is  a  good  instance  of  the  peculiar  German  use  of  the  dative 
of  the  personal  pronouns  equivalent  to  a  possessive.  Goethe  might  also 
have  said  unfer  -§erj  in  the  same  way  as  he  has  unfcre  ©in&Ubnnggfraft 
before,  but  he  preferred  to  vary  the  construction. 

8.  In  E.  we  might  invert  the  relation  of  the  words  by  translating 
'narrow  patriotism'.  The  expression  means  properly  that  there  was 
something  patriotic  in  thus  limiting  oneself  to  the  accurate  study  of  one's 
native  town. 

9.  bie  2ftefje  means  (1)  'the  mass'  (from  the  expression  'ite,  missa 
est  concio'),  (2)  a  great  market,  fair  (F.foire);  an  intermediate  sense 
'a  feast-day'  (which  explains  the  transition  from  (1)  to  (2)  has  now  gone 
out  of  use. 

10.  in  ben  fdmmtftctyen  Jtinberf ityfen  =  in  ben  Atyfcn  fammttictycr  .fttnber. 
n.     ©Sprung,  lit.  'fermentation',  is  often  used  metaphorically,  like 

the  English  word. 

12.  tie  ©rfcauung  is  (r)  originally:  building  up;  (2)  metaphorically: 
edification  (of  the  soul).     Here  it  appears,  of  course,  in  its  original  sense. 

1 3.  A  more  usual  phrase  is  in  f urjer  or  in  gcringcr  3eit. 

14.  SBogen  is  frequently  used  of  the  waving  and  rolling  of  a  large 
multitude.  Sreifccn  is  'the  going  on':  compare  toa$  treibjt  bu  ba?  What 
are  you  doing  there  ? 

15.  unbejnnngucfy  is  an  adverb,  but  in  E.  we  shall  prefer  translating 
it,  as  if  we  had  two  adjectives  before  us. 

16.  finbtfcfyet  SBcftfj  denotes  those  things  which  children  are  fond  of 
possessing. 

17.  mtt  toactyfenben  3<u)ren  is  an  elegant  expression  to  denote  that  he 
gradually  grew  older. 

18.  We  might  also  have  said  fcie  SSorftcftung  son  aVC  bem,  toaS  bie  SBett 
^ersorfcringt.  But  atteS  is  often  put  in  the  relative  clause,  which  thus 
receives  a  wider  sense,  corresponding  to  whatever,  quodcunque. 

19.  gegen  einanber  =  ba3  etne  gegen  bag  anbre,  mutually. 

20.  n>urbiger  =  el)mmtbtger,  solemn,  dignified. 

2 1.  sergegentoatttgen  is  to  exhibit  something  as  present  which  properly 
belongs  to  the  past. 

22.  ba8  ©efeit,  'escort';  hence  also  the  verb  geletten. 


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23.  The  'Fahrgasse'  leads  from  the  'Zeil'  (the  principal  street  of 
Frankfort)  to  the  old  bridge,  and  passing  this,  we  reach  the  suburb  of 
Sachsenhausen  situated  on  the  left  side  of  the  river  Maine. 

24.  bcfcfct,  *  occupied'  by  lookers-on,  spectators. 

Page  12. 

1.  ten  Sag  u6er  =  tr>atyrent  te3  £ag8. 

2.  e3  fommt  auf  etrc>.  an,  something  is  of  importance.  Here  we  may 
translate  'that  which  was  of  chief  importance  to  them'. 

3.  erfl  corresponds  to  the  English  'not... until'. — mit  ftnf enter  Sftacfjt, 
'by  nightfall';  thus  we  say  tcr  2l6cnt  and  tie  Stacfyt  finft  fjcrab. 

4.  The  sense  is  '  it  was  more  a  matter  of  imagination  than  an  actual 
beholding  with  eyes'. 

5.  The  writer  means  the  middle  ages. 

6.  nacfy  aSetieben,  just  as  he  pleased.  (£&  bcltc&t  mir,  I  have  a  liking, 
a  fancy.  The  expression  nacfy  Sufi  (which  follows  directly)  has  the  same 
sense. 

7.  tag  9tccfyt  is  a  subst.  'right,  law';  tag  JKccfyte  is  originally  an  adj. 
and,  being  used  as  a  subst.,  bears  a  wider  sense:  *aequum\ 

8.  It  should  be  observed  that  the  sing,  is  tcr  «£>antclSmann,  but  in 
the  plural  we  do  not  say  ^antctgmdnncr.  Compare  our  note  on  Goethe's 
Hermann  and  Dorothea,  3,  106  (2lrfccit«leute). 

9.  em  SBegetagcrer,  lit.  a  'waylayer',  a  highwayman. 

10.  plagen  unt  placfen  is  an  alliterative  phrase  which  has  to  some 
extent  a  proverbial  character. 

11.  mit  getuaffneter  £ant  is  a  phrase  which  might,  in  a  certain  way, 
remind  us  of  the  Latin  mantis  in  the  sense  of  'force'  and  'power';  it 
means  'with  an  armed  escort'. 

12.  id)  cergcbe  mir  etro.,  I  make  some  concession;  properly,  I  give 
away  something  belonging  to  me.  The  citizens  of  the  imperial  town  did 
not  wish  to  make  a  concession  that  might  be  interpreted  to  involve  some 
sacrifice  of  their  rights  and  privileges — one  of  these  being  that  no  armed 
troops  of  another  Estate  of  the  Empire  were  to  enter  their  territory. 

13-  gar,  even. — (£einen  ©intritt  nef)men  is  a  somewhat  unusual  phrase, 
instead  of  einjte^en. 

14.  tyofye  $erfonen  is  a  frequent  expression  to  denote  princes  and 
other  persons  of  rank. 

15.  In  the  word  SBa^ttag  we  should  take  the  second  part  not  as 


9o  GOETHE'S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

'day',  but  as  'meeting'.     Thus  we  say,  cinen  ©ertcfytgtag  abtyalttn,  to  hold 
a  court  (of  law). 

1 6.  @3  fommt  ju  SJjatttcfyfetten,  the  affair  comes  to  blows. 

17.  jettfjer,  'some  time  since'.  (Lit.  c8  toat  einc  3ctt  fyer,  tap  man 
\Berimnbiungen  g.  f}.) 

18.  cine  SSer^antfung  fcflegcn,  to  carry  on  a  negotiation. 

19.  (fcer)  JRecef  (from  the  Lat.  recessus)  is  a  law  term  meaning  the 
same  as  the  German  word  ^ergtetcfy. 

20.  3nnft  is  connected  with  jroct ;  compare  the  verb  ftcty  entjrceten,  to 
(be  divided  by  a)  quarrel.  (Stnen  3»ifi  (or  @trctt)  fcetfegen,  means  to 
'allay'  a  quarrel,  to  compose  it. 

31.  We  do  not  say  cinen  3»ift  fit^rcn,  but  we  do  say  etncn  (Strett, 
Jtampf,  or  $ro$efc  fuljren. 

22.  Instead  of  the  definite  article,  we  should  more  commonly  use 
the  possessive  pronoun  ifyren. 

Page  13. 

1.  They  were  well  (i.  e.  liberally)  received  and  treated. 

2.  Instead  of  jcgcrn  ('to  delay'),  another  writer  would  perhaps  have 
used  roartcn  in  this  place. 

3.  See  the  passage  explained  at  p.  12,  note  4. 

4.  We  have  here  an  instance  of  the  figure  called  zeugma,  i.  e.  one 
verb  is  made  to  govern  two  nouns,  though  properly  only  one  of  them 
agrees  with  it  idiomatically.  Here,  e.  g. ,  the  phrase  ftcfy  auf  bent  $ferfce 
evfyatten  is  quite  legitimate  ('to  maintain  oneself  on  the  horse');  but  fetn 
$ferb  edjalten  would  be  quite  different  in  sense  from  what  is  meant  here. 
The  fact  is  that  we  should  rather  understand  fetn  $fett  fatten,  'to 
restrain  (manage)  one's  horse'.  The  liberal  welcome  accorded  to  the 
guests  had  powerfully  affected  many  a  city  knight's  brains,  and  seriously 
interfered  with  his  balance  and  firmness  of  grasp. 

5.  We  might  also  say  tnrcfy  tag  JBrucfent^or  ^eretn,  and  this  we  read 
directly  afterwards. 

6.  The  very  last  of  all. 

7.  aflan  trdgt  ftcfy  mit  fccr  JRefce  (fcem  ®eritc$t,  etnem  ©etanfen)  means 
that  a  rumoui,  or  idea,  is  entertained  by  the  people. 

8.  feteqeit  (adv.),  always. 

9.  @trapenfungen  are  vulgar  lads,  and  (so  far  as  the  expression  is 
applicable  to  a  German  town)  '  street- Arabs  \ 

10.  getten  is  the  same  word  as  the  E.  yell.     Compare  also  tie  Hftacfo* 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  91 

tigaft,    'nightingale',   this   being  the   bird   which   utters   its   loud   note 
('yells')  at  night-time.  See  Aue,  p.  234. 

11.  It  might  also  be  obgtcid?  man,  and  this  would  be  even  more  in 
accordance  with  common  usage. 

12.  bi<  finite  sertotrrcnb,  lit.  confusing  the  senses,  bewildering. 
This  is  a  very  strong  expression.  In  the  same  sense,  Schiller  uses 
iBcfinnung  raufcenb  in  his  ballad  £te  tframdje  be8  3&»fu8. 

13.  Instead  of  £>rang,  it  would,  perhaps,  have  been  more  usual  to 
say  either  bag  <Drangcn,  or  bag  ©ebrang,  or  bcr  5lnbrang.  The  simple  word 
bcr  2)rang  is  commonly  used  metaphorically,  of  a  vehement  inclination, 
e.  g.  cr  jctgt  grojjen  3)rang  ju  ben  gdcl;rtcn  Stubtcn. 

14.  The  position  of  the  verb  at  the  end  of  the  sentence  shows  that 
beStocgcn  should  be  understood  as  the  relative,  though  we  should  more 
commonly  say  toegrccgen.  In  modern  German  the  whole  sentence  would 
be  expressed  in  this  way :  unb  beStoegcn  (and  for  this  reason)  tourben  and) 
bic  nacfyflen  £aufcr  ».  b.  3.  a.  9fl.  gefuctyt. 

15.  The  expression  am  tycttcn  Sage  ('in  broad  daylight')  is  the 
opposite  of  the  one  used  in  the  preceding  page,  nut  ftnf  enter  Siftacfyt. 

16.  crfle  3citcn  is  said  in  the  sense  of  fru^cftc  3eittn.  Or  we  might 
express  the  same  sense  by  omitting  erflen,  and  inserting  the  adverb  uicrjt 
in  the  relative  sentence. 

1 7.  too  nicfyt,  if  not,  unless. 

18.  fccburfen  takes  both  the  genitive  and  the  accusative.  See  our 
note  on  Hermann  and  Dorothea  4,  248.  Here  only  the  genitive  is  ap- 
propriate, as  an  enduring,  and  not  merely  a  passing  want  and  require- 
ment is  denoted. 

Page  14. 

1.  The  @c$utt$eifi  was  originally  entrusted  with  looking  after  the 
taxes  and  tolls  due  to  the  Emperor.  He  thus  appeared  in  this  ceremony 
in  his  genuine  old  character,  though  Goethe  does  not  seem  to  have  been 
aware  of  this. 

2.  getegentftcfj,  when  occasion  served. 

3.  For  the  sake  of  decorum,  i.e.  in  order  to  make  the  ceremony 
more  solemn  and  impressive. 

4.  Observe  the  idiomatic  use  of  the  preposition  ju  in  the  phrase 
ju  ©crtc^t  ftfcen. 

5.  gefefct  instead  of  the  compound  eingefefct. 

6.  3ou7reu)eit.  immunity  from  toll. 


92  GOETHE'S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

7.  uratt  is  'very  old'.      For  the  inseparable  prefix  ur*,  see  Aue 

§  277,  4  (p.  234). 

8.  The  day  before  Ladyday. 

9.  umfc$r&nft  =  mit  <Scfytcmfen  umgeBcn,  railed  in;  umfctyrfinfen  is  not  a 
very  frequent  word,  and  etnfcfyrfinfen  is  now  always  used  metaphorically : 
'to  limit,  confine,  restrain'.  Of  this  the  past  participle  is  etngefcfyrfinft, 
e.  g.  fie  leBen  feljr  etngefcfyrdnft,  they  live  in  very  reduced  circumstances. 

10.  erfyofyt  — auf  einem  erfyofyten  <8tfce. 

11.  SSotfmacfyt  is  literally  'full  power',  and  is  often  employed  of 
legal  power  to  represent  some  other  person  (icfy  Ijafce  ifym  SSottmacfyt  fiir 
nucfy  gegekn,  I  have  appointed  him  my  representative);  hence  fce=»ou% 
macfyt4gcn,  to  grant  representative  power. 

1 2.  It  is  more  common  to  use  the  compound  auffparcn  in  the  sense 
of  'keeping  and  reserving'  for  a  certain  time. 

13.  luuntcrucfy,  'strange,  singular ';  tounberfcar,  ' admirable,  wonderful'. 

14.  sortger  =  ttergctngener. 

15.  ©cfyatmei  still  bears  in  its  accent  the  traces  of  its  Romance 
origin:  Fr. c/ialumeau,  derived  from  the  Lat.  calamus  (originally  it  was 
calamel).  The  English  shawm  (which  is  a  further  corruption  of  the 
German  and  French  terms)  is  explained  by  Webster  as  'a  wind  instru- 
ment of  music,  formerly  in  use,  by  some  supposed  to  have  the  form  of 
the  clarionet,  by  others,  of  the  hautboy'.  In  German  we  also  use 
J&trtenpfcife,  «§irtenpte. 

16.  23cifj  is  used  in  the  sense  of  the  Fr.  basson,  a  fagotto,  bassoon. — 
$ommer  is  quite  an  obsolete  expression  nowadays. 

17.  serfcrfimen,  to  trim. 

18.  We  may  take  this  either  as  a  kind  of  absolute  construction 
('the  ambassadors...  folio  wing  behind'),  or  as  a  second  subject  of  the 
verb  toaten  auSgqogen.     The  latter  is,  perhaps,  more  probable. 

19.  $unft  3e^n,  just  when  it  struck  ten  o'clock. 

Page  15. 

1.     tic  ©tafct,  toefctye  fctefeffcen  fcarfcracfyte. 

1.  In  the  olden  times,  the  amount  of  toll  to  be  paid  was  always 
expressed  in  pepper  (this  being  then  a  most  valuable  article).  Hence 
the  custom,  which  Goethe  does  not  appear  to  have  explained  quite 
correctly. — $o!at  should  be  pronounced  with  the  accent  on  the  last;  it  is, 
of  course,  a  foreign  word,  from  Lat.  pocuhim. 

3.     beftewen  and  bcquaftep  are  rare  words,   quoted  by  Grimm  only 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  93 

from  the  present  passage.     The  first  he  explains  acu  praetexere,   the 
second  arris  omare. 

4.  The  'white  staff'  was  an  emblem  of  the  judicial  privileges  of  the 
city. 

5.  The  small  silver  coins  were  called  etn  2U6n8,  or  cin  SBetjtyfenntg 
(  =  2  kreuzers  and  8  'heller',  not  quite  an  English  penny). 

6.  einlofen,  to  redeem. 

7.  fcer  3Sirtuo3,  from  the  Italian  virtuoso,  which  merely  denotes  an 
artist.  See,  on  this  degradation  of  a  noble  word,  Archbishop  Trench's 
observations  in  his  Lectures  on  the  Study  of  Words,  p.  86. 

8.  He  3Jiitflatt  is  a  word  doubtlessly  formed  by  Goethe  himself 
after  the  analogy  of  SJiitfpiefec,  SWiteffec,  etc.  It  means  a  city  in  the  same 
predicament  as  Nuremberg. 

9.  Oct  unb  ©telle  is  a  frequent  phrase,  in  which  two  synonyms  serve 
to  express  one  idea  very  forcibly. 

10.  nocfy  felbigen  £ag,  the  very  same  day.  Compare  Schiller:  unb 
»erlftf?t  fie  juc  fetbigen  Stunte  (£>ec  Jpantfctyuty). 

1 1.  etne  ©enmrjtate,  a  spice-box. 

Page  16. 

1.  The  omission  of  the  indefinite  article  cin  before  <Stfibc$en  is 
contrary  to  the  general  rule,  because  the  noun  used  in  the  first  place 
is  of  different  gender  from  the  second. 

2.  It  would  be  more  in  accordance  with  strict  grammar  to  say 
£anfcfc$ul)e. 

3.  9tateratbu8,  the  coin  was  so  called  from  the  emblem  it  bore. 

4.  tyecsccjaubecn,  to  reproduce  by  magic. 

5.  2lttflortecn  is  a  good  old  term  =  SSorfafycen,  ancestors. 

6.  fuftcetcfy,  a  compound  adjective  readily  understood,  but  not  very 
commonly  used.  We  should  perhaps  use  sccgnitgticfy,  SSergnugcn  bctngcnt, 
ecfceuttcfy. 

7.  untec.tovictg,  going  down  (the  river). 

8.  etn  ©cfyroefetbcunnen,  a  sulphurous  spring. 

9.  Compare  the  description  of  the  well  in  Hermann  and  Dorothea, 
5,  151— 158. 

10.  The  popular  name  of  the  place  described  by  Goethe  is  tec 
©uttcutyof. 

11.  A  more  studied  writer  than  Goethe  would  have  said  etn  urn  ctefec 
Ouetle  ttntten  efymcrfg  ecbauteS  #ofpttat. — It  is  a  large  farm  nowadays,  but 


94  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

still  belongs  to  one  of  the  charitable  foundations  of  the  city,  which  lets 
it  out  at  a  considerable  rent. 

12.  tie  ©cmeinftcifcen  corresponds  exactly  to  the  E.  'commons'  (lit. 
common  pastures). 

13.  SJiatrfjcn  has  here  the  meaning  of  'sweetheart'. 

14.  Goethe  uses  the  strong  term  UngejogenI;cit  in  the  sense  of 
9lu3getaffenlijevt,  free,  extravagant,  unrestrained  conduct. 

1 5.  ©cmeinbcfclafc  means  the  same  as  ©cmeimuetbe  before. 

16.  We  have  here  the  full  phrase  311  g  letter  3cit,  instead  of  which  it 
is,  perhaps,  more  usual  to  say  jugleid). 

17.  serMetcfyt  is  'turned  pale'  of  human  beings,  but  verBtt($en  is  used 
of  colours  (tcr  ©lanj  tiefeg  ©toffeS  ift  serMiei;en)  and  of  dead  persons  (tcr 
£}erbitcfyene,  the  departed  man). 

18.  ityre  3)iauern  denotes  the  Orphan  Asylum,  which  is  surrounded 
with  high  walls. 

19.  fottcn  signifies  the  decree  of  fate ;  it  was  ordained  that  not  until 
a  later  time  should  people  conceive  the  idea.  .  . 

20.  The  Latin  word  tie  £rcatur  (with  the  accent  on  the  last)  is 
commonly  used  in  German  with  an  addition  of  pity  and  compassion ; 
e.  g.  tie  ftumme  Jtrcatur,  the  poor,  dumb  beast. 

Page  17. 

1.  fycgen  is  used  in  its  original  sense  of  confining  within  an  enclosure 
(tie  <§ege,  tcr  and  tag  <£ag).  Hence  tie  ^egejett  is  the  time  during  which 
game  must  be  spared. 

2.  Observe  the  alliteration  in  Dienen  imb  £>utten.  Compare  the  use 
of  the  verb  tulten  in  Herma?in  and  Dorothea  9,  117,  121. 

3.  Uvfacfy  is  more  colloquial  than  Urfadje. 

4.  t>on  JUntcSfcciiten  an  is  another  colloquial  phrase,  instead  of  which 
many  writers  would  no  doubt  prefer  »on  il)rer  ^int^eit  an. 

5.  Instead  of  ©eltfummc,  we  may  use  the  simple  word  tie  Summc  in 
exactly  the  same  sense. 

6.  ftcfy  fceljagttci)  fasten,  to  feel  at  ease.     The  noun  is  tag  SSe^agcn. 

7.  The  usual  order  of  words  would  be  getyafct  fyahen  mcgen. 

8.  fyciter  is  a  favourite  word  of  Goethe's ;  he  uses  it  very  frequently 
in  Hermann  and  Dorothea, 

9.  SSorfate  denotes  the  passages  which  are  said  to  be  airy.  This 
use  of  the  word  SSorfaat  is,  as  Loeper  observes,  Thuringian,  and  not  of 
Frankfort  origin. 


Bk.  I.]  NOTES.  95 

10.     Ornamentation  and  decoration. 

ii.  Goethe  uses  the  German  23iief;erfammhtng,  instead  of  the  foreign 
word  tie  Stbttotfjef. 

12.  granjbant,  'bound  in  calf.  The  literal  meaning  is,  bound  in 
the  French  manner,  ftranj  having  here  the  same  sense  as  in  Sranunaim 
and  gran^ofe. 

13.  There  are  two  sets  of  Dutch  editions  which  may  be  meant 
here:  either  the  series  issued  by  the  famous  firm  of  Elzevir,  or  the 
Variorum  editions  published  by  Blav  and  Wetstein.  We  are  inclined 
to  think  that  the  latter  are  meant  here,  as  they  are  often  found  in  quarto, 
while  the  Elzevirs  are  famous  for  their  smaller  size. 

14.  The  more  elegant,  not  strictly  technical  parts  of  jurisprudence. 

15.  Tasso  (Torquato),  an  illustrious  Italian  poet,  the  author  of  the 
greatest  epic  poem  of  Italian  literature  Gernsalemme  liberata,  bom  at 
Sorrento  1544,  died  at  Rome,  Apr.  25,  1595.  His  love  for  the  princess 
Eleanor  of  Ferrara  forms  the  subject  of  a  noble  tragedy  by  Goethe. 

16.  For  the  verb  Bejctgcn  see  our  commentary  on  Hermann  and 
Dorothea. 

Page  18. 

1.  <Sicfj  em  SSergniigen  auS  etro.  maefjcn,  to  find  pleasure  in  something. 

2.  Keyssler's  ^leucflc  9icifcn  fcuref;  $)cutfcf;(anb,  Socmen,  Ungarn  etc.  ap- 
peared in  two  vols.  (2nd  ed. )  at  Hanover,  1751,  4to. — Nemeitz  is  the 
author  of  a  work  entitled  Sejour  de  Paris  ober  Slnlcttung,  nne  S^etfenfcc  fid) 
in  tyax'xS  311  serljcu'ten  f;aben,  1717,  4th  edition,  1750. — Both  these  writers 
are  now  forgotten. 

3.  It  would  be  more  correct  to  say  2B5rtcrbucf;er  ber  scrfcf;tcbcncu 
<2prad?en. 

4.  9ReaUerifon  is  a  frequent  title  of  encyclopaedias,  inasmuch  as  they 
are  lexica  rerum  (not  verborum). 

5.  We  should  observe  the  very  idiomatic  phrase  fief)  9iatf)g  etf)o(cn, 
to  consult.  When  using  the  simple  verb  tyolcn,  it  should  be  fief;  fRatfy 
l)oten.     In  the  same  way  we  say  ftcf;  9tccf;te3  erfjoten ;  see  Grimm,  Wdrterb. 

3>  854- 

6.  etne  2Jianfarbe,  an  attic,  so  called  from  the  French  'la  mansarde', 
a  raised  roof;  a  word  coined  after  the  name  of  the  architect,  Francois 
Mansard  (1598 — 1666). 

7.  £ftacf;fef;affen  is  a  somewhat  rare  word,  meaning  continued  ac- 
quisition or  purchase. 


96  GOETHE 'S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

8.  (£inrcu)cn,  putting  (the  new  books)  into  the  proper  row,  arranging 
them. 

9.  ©etaffentyeit,  quietness,  composure.  Goethe's  father  was  method- 
ical in  everything,  and  did  not  like  to  hurry  himself  with  anything. 

10.  tie  getel)rten  2ln$cigcn  denotes  the  critical  reviews  which  were  at 
that  time  often  published  in  journals  bearing  that  title.  Goethe  him- 
self contributed  to  a  journal  called  Sranffurter  ©efefyrte  Slnjeigen  (see 
Hempel's  edition  of  his  works,  vol.  xxix),  and  there  is  still  a  respectable 
critical  paper  issued  under  the  title  of  ©otttngcr  ©etefjvte  3lnjcigcn. 

11.  In  this  sense  the  compound  ttertuenten  is  perhaps  even  more 
common  than  the  simple  verb. 

12.  menn  U)nen  glcicfy  =  faenngtctcfy  (although)  ityncn. 

13.  Compare  p.  17,  n.  7,  according  to  which  the  usual  order  of 
words  would  be  tycrvorgefcracfyt  toertcn  fenntcn. 

Page  19. 

1.  fceftattgcn  (lit.  'to  steady')  =  6efefttgcn,  fccjtarfcn. 

2.  The  compar.  cfterS  is  frequently  used  in  the  sense  of  fe^r  eft. 

3.  eg  tft  mir  nicfyt  bange,  I  am  not  afraid.  So  also  the  verb  fcangen, 
cS  fcangt  mir,  tcfy  fcange  um  i^n. 

4.  Instead  of  the  phrase  employed  by  Goethe :  man  fctyritt .  .  .  .  mit 
93ottentung  ter  iiortgen  3tmmer...n)ctter,  a  modern  author  would  probably 
say  fufyr  mit  ter  3SoKentung  ....  fort. 

5.  @ptegclfcf)ct6cn,  panes  of  plate-glass. 

6.  -fceftigfeit  strikes  a  modern  reader  as  an  obsolete  word;  we  should 
probably  prefer  «§efte. 

7.  nxgen  meift  nutter  ftenfterfctyctfcn  =  nKU  tie  genfterfctyctfcen  meift  runt 
gettKfcn  nrnren. 

8.  ©cnautgf ett  =  ©orgfatt,  genaue  5lrBett. 

9.  It  would  be  more  common  to  say  ftcty  tenfen,  or  if  we  omit  the 
dat.  of  the  personal  pronoun,  we  should  use  ertenfen. 

10.  SBettereigmjj  (a  compound  probably  first  formed  by  Goethe) 
means  an  event  of  universal  importance,  which  affects  and  interests  the 
whole  world. 

11.  tie  @emutfjgwl)e  =  ta8  rutytge  ©ernut^. 

1 2.  Instead  of  im  Stefften  we  should  more  usually  employ  flttfl  SCieffle. 

1 3.  The  world  which  had  quite  accustomed  itself  to  rest  and  peace. 

14.  0tefitenj  always  means  in  German  a  princely  residence;  e.g. 


Bk.  I.]  .  NOTES.  97 

SNirmjtafct  ij*  tie  9lcfibeit$  te§  ©roff;er$og3  »on  £cf|"en.      Hence  also  Sicfi* 
teitjftatt. 

15.  ttngetoarnt  =  olme  cine  vorfycrgegangenc  SBarnung. 

16.  jufammenfcfylagen,  here :  to  be  dashed  together. 


Page  20. 

1.  The  more  familiar  arrangement  would  be  ttnrb  jum  £$ctf. 

2.  The  statement  is  exaggerated;  according  to  Voltaire  in  his 
Precis  du  siec/e  de  Louis  XV.  (chap,  xxxi):  'il  y  perit  pres  de  30,000 
personnes';  but  in  his  Art  de  verifier  les  dates  he  states  the  number  as 
low  as  1 5,000.    See  also  Lord  Mahon's  History  of  Englatid,  chap.  xxxn. 

3.  gcftattct  =  oerftattct. 

4.  fortioiitfycn,  to  continue  raging.  In  this  way  we  may  form  a 
considerable  number  of  compound  verbs  with  fort,  e.g.  fortfcrennen,  fort* 
Icucfytcn,  fortgcfycn,  fortfcfcn  etc. 

5.  The  words  directly  subjoined  serve  to  explain  that  the  ex- 
pression fonft  tvrborgcn  means  here  'kept  out  of  sight'  by  imprisonment 

6.  olofujcficUt  =  auggcfcfcr,  prciSgcgcbcn. 

7.  SInbcutungcn,  indications. 

8.  It  is  equally  common  to  say  Sanbcrftrctfen. 

9.  Alexander  v.  Humboldt  says  in  his  Kosmos  (vol.  I.  p.  217): 
'The  great  earthquake  which  destroyed  Lisbon  in  1755,  was  felt  in  the 
Alps,  on  the  Swedish  coast,  in  the  Antilles,  the  great  lakes  of  Canada, 
as  well  as  in  Thuringia,  and  in  the  plains  of  the  north  of  Germany,  in 
small  inland  waters  of  the  Baltic  plain.  The  springs  of  Teplitz  dis- 
appeared for  a  time.  Distant  springs  discontinued  to  flow. — It  has  been 
calculated  that  on  Nov.  1,  1755,  a  space  of  the  earth  four  times  as  large 
as  the  surface  of  Europe  was  shaken. ' 

10.  It  would  be  more  correct  to  say  immcr  md)r  unb  immcr  umftanb* 
Udjere  Sftactyricfytcti. — mcfjrcrc  means  'several'  {complures),  mcfyr.  'more' 
(/>/ures). 

Page  21. 

1.  Goethe  means  3a  fciner  anbeten  3cit. 

2.  wwerfctycnS,  ■ suddenly  '  =  otyne  bap  man  ufy  beffen  sevfe^en  I;fittc. 
The  expression  is  very  common. 

3.  5l6enb  is  more  dignified  than  SODcftcn.  In  the  same  way,  SKorgcn 
is  used  for  £)ftcn,  and  2Jiittag  for  <2uben. 

G.  E.  7 


98  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

4.  We  say  more  commonly  imter  Conner  unb  23ufc,  or  JDonnem  unb 
23u§en  (in  which  latter  phrase  we  should  see  an  instance  of  the  infinitive 
used  as  subst. ). 

5.  The  common  modem  form  of  the  plural  is  tie  SDiofcef  (like  the 
sing.),  not  tic  2ftofceIn. 

6.  fd;a|fcare  =  fi?jtbare.     Directly  afterwards  toevtl;e  =  toerUpofle. 

7.  'The  servants  quite  beside  themselves'  with  fright.  A  more 
usual  phrase  would  be  auper  fid)  gefcracfyt  or  geratf;cn. 

8.  fid;  faffen,  to  compose  one's  mind ;  gcfapt  fein,  to  be  calm,  composed. 

9.  genficrfuiget  denotes  the  two  halves  of  the  complete  window, 
which  are  so  made  as  to  move  sideways  on  their  own  hinges  like  folding- 
doors.  'English'  windows  are  but  rarely  seen  in  Germany.  Compare 
2$fcjifigeL 

10.  9iegengufi,  torrent  of  rain.  ((£'8  gtept  vom  dimmer,  the  rain  comes 
down  in  torrents. ) 

11.  nod;  enbftcfyer.  (Srr^oumg  =  at3  man  fid;  enfcUd;  (son  tern  ^ctyrecfen) 
er^olt  ^atte. 

12.  bte  Sotge  ('sequence')  denoting  a  methodical  and  connected 
series,  is  a  favourite  word  of  Goethe's;  see  Grimm,  Worterb.  3,  1872  (4). 

13.  einrnat  (or  still  more  emphatically,  nun  einmat)  may  be  translated 
'once  for  all';  it  expresses  the  fixed  and  constant  purpose  which  cannot 

be  shaken. 

14.  Coburg,  the  capital  of  the  Duchy  of  Saxe-Coburg  in  Thuringia, 
a  charmingly  situated  place.  Goethe's  father  was  entered  in  the  books 
of  the  Coburg  School  in  1725,  in  his  fourteenth  year. 

15.  fid;  eineS  ©tubiumS  kfleifjen  is  the  technical  and  official  phrase  of 
pursuing  a  certain  branch  of  study. 

16.  promottiren,  to  take  a  degree. 

17.  9lcd;t3(etyrer,  a  professor  of  law;  9{ed;tggdel;rter,  a  jurist  (in  a 
wider  sense). 

18.  ein  frommer  SKunfd;  frequently  denotes  a  wish  highly  laudable 
in  itself,  but  not  likely  to  be  successful. 

Page  22. 

1.  c8  gef;t  mir  et)na$  ab,  I  am  wanting  in  something. 

2 .  reattftrt = cernnrf  Ud;t. 

3.  The  form  ungefafjt  is  more  common  in  modern  German. 

4.  nu^cn,  'put  to  use*  (very  common  in  the  compounds  au3nu$en 
and  atmufcen);  nit£cn,  to  be  of  use  (with  the  dat.). 


Bk.  L]  NOTES.  99 

5.  etgentUcfye  fie^rmeijter,  professional  teachers. 

6.  fcequemer  and  setter  are  adverbs. 

7.  unjagttcfy  (lit.  'not  to  be  said'),  is  always  used  in  the  sense  of 
'immense,  very  great'. 

8.  2lnfyaltfamfeit  seems  to  be  a  word  of  Goethe's  coinage ;  Grimm 
quotes  a  sufficient  number  of  passages  in  which  he  uses  it,  most  of  them, 
however,  from  the  Autobiography.  A  modern  German  would  say 
SluSbctuer. 

9.  It  is,  perhaps,  more  idiomatic  to  say  in  (Srnft  unb  <Sc$crj. 

10.  'If  he  had  possessed  my  talents.' 

11.  fteberlicfy  is  the  correct  spelling,  not  tuberu'ety.  The  word  means 
'slender,  graceful'  in  Middle  High  German,  but  has  long  since  lost  that 
sense;  it  means  only  'light,  loose,  dissolute'  in  our  modern  language. 

12.  QJiit  einer  ©actye  nurt$fc$aften==banut  $au$l;alten,  a  very  idiomatic 
phrase,  which  is,  however,  more  frequently  used  with  an  adverb  de- 
noting careless,  than  with  one  expressing  laudable  conduct. 

13.  ©rgreifen  is  'apprehension';  SSerarbettcn  denotes  the  full  'diges- 
tion' and  comprehension  of  the  subject;  ftej^altcn  (more  emphatic  than 
i8tf)atttn)  means  exact  recollection. 

14.  fcegtiinbet,  well-grounded. 

15.  aufT;efceit  (lit.  'to  lift  up')  is  often  used  of  abolishing  and  in- 
Validating*,  law  (em  ©efefc  auf^cbcn  =  aBfdjaffen). 

16.  bet  gemmte  angefyenbe  Sateiner  is  Cellarius's  Lalinitatis  liher 
memorialis,  a.  school-book  much  used  in  the  eighteenth  century.  The 
traces  of  the  'rhymes'  of  this  book  may  still  be  found  in  the  current 
Latin  grammars  of  Germany. 

17.  ©ebacfytnijjsecS  is  a  mere  translation  of  the  Latin  versus  me- 
morialis. 

18.  ,  afcgefdjmacft,  insipid. 

19.  £)bct*g)jfel  is  a  province  of  the  Netherlands. 

20.  The  doggerel  expresses  that  the  land  is  good  enough  of  itself, 
but  being  so  very  marshy,  it  becomes  unpleasant. 

Page  23. 

1.  SBenbungen  are  turns  of  phrase  (not  inflections,  as  Mr  Oxenford 
has  it;.    We  should  understand  ©practytuenbungen,  compare  SRebenxnbungeit. 

2.  (Sine  (Sljrie  (from  the  Greek  "Xfida)  is  a  rhetorical  scheme  of  treat- 
ing a  subject  in  an  exhaustive  manner  (Quis,  quid,  cur,  contra,  simile  et 
paradig?nata,  testes). 

7—2 


ioo  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

3.  His  sister  Cornelia. 

4.  iikr  fcag  23ucfy  n;eg,  pretending  to  study  his  book,  but  really 
listening  to  something  else. 

5.  2lbroeicfyung  is  ridiculously  translated  by  Oxenford  as  'softening*, 
as  if  it  were  derived  from  the  adj.  iueidj ;  it  means  'deviation',  from  the 
verb  tvcicfjen,  'to  recede'.  Thus  we  say,  fcieS  toctcfyt  son  ttr  9tcgcf  afc,  this 
is  an  exception  to  the  rule.  The  clever  boy  considered  Italian  merely 
a  funny  deviation  from  Latin. 

6.  On  the  (adj.  and)  adv.  M;ent>,  see  our  note  on  Hermann  and 
Dorothea,  2,  19. 

7.  Svufyjeitigfctten  is  an  unusual  plural  =  Safte  (sBcifpicte)  ctner  ftu^jctttgcn 
(^nttoicf  clung.  Goethe  formed  the  German  word  after  the  analogy  of  the 
Latin  praecocitas,  or  rather  the  French  precocite  (compare  a  precocious 
boy,  'praecox  ingenium';  lit.  matured,  cooked,  by  the  sun  before  the 
usual  time). 

8.  in  2lfrftcfyt  auf=in  23eutg  auf. 

9.  gcmetn  =  gemcinfd;aftttcf). 

10.  i.e.  He  fcafcurcfy  in  frufycr  3ugcnb  Uxtymt  getoortcn  [int. 

11.  auf  2lfafcemte  gcljen  without  the  article  is  an  unusual  phrase;  we 
say  auf  tic  Unwcrfttfit  gefyen,  jur  U.  afcgetycn. 

12.  sc.  tyatte. 

1 3.  The  plural  is  usual  in  this  phrase  on  account  of  the  two  chief 
branches  of  law :  Roman  Law  and  Canon  Law.  Hence  also  the  title 
iuris  utriusque  doctor,  Doctor  of  Law,  LL.  D. 

14.  Wetzlar  (on  the  river  Lahn)  was  at  that  time  the  seat  of  the 
9ictd)3fammergerid>t.  Goethe  subsequently  spent  there  a  considerable 
time,  and  found  the  subject  of  his  Werther  at  that  place. 

1 5.  9Jcgen36urg  was  the  seat  of  the  permanent  Diet  of  the  German 
Empire. 

16.  ttorau8  =  im  SBorauS,  jucrjt.  As  one  word,  sorauSfe^en  means  'to 
foresee '. 

Page  24. 

1.  Sugenfcgang  is  formed  like  SefccnSgang,  p.  22,  1.  9. 

2.  According  to  the  modern  standard  of  correctness  it  ought  to  be 
unt>  feinc  fonjHge  £roc? entyeit,  on  account  of  the  difference  of  gender.  But 
Goethe  is  frequently  somewhat  arbitrary  in  this  detail. 

3.  ttyeti^aft  (or  more  commonly  ttyetf^afttg)  governs  the  genitive,  like 
particeps  in  Latin. 


Bk.  I.J  NOTES.  io i 

4.  probuctren  does  not  mean  bring  forth  in  this  place,  but  'show, 
exhibit'  (like  the  English  produce) ;  but  this  is  the  rarer  sense  of  the  two. 

5.  More  commonly  in  llnrulje  uerfc^en. 

6.  Other  phrases  of  the  same  meaning  are  ftcf>  ntcfyt  gctinger  mc* 
I  amen  j  ftcfy  nicfjt  toeniger  cinHtteten. 

7.  More  commonly  ron  fetnem  <$ofmctficr. 

8.  c3  fvUtt  mir  (fefyroer)  auf'3  ^crj  is  a  colloquial  phrase;  lit.  'it  op- 
presses my  heart,  it  weighs  upon  my  mind'. 

9.  It  would  be  more  correct  to  say  toie.  We  should  use  aU  after 
a  comparative,  and  nrie  with  a  positive. 

10.  ©8  fommt  mir  fo  t»cr,  it  appears  so  to  me. 

ir.  tfenn$cic$en,  lit.  cm  3etdjen,  n>cran  Man  ewe.  £ac$p  erfennt-  .i  good 
German  rendering  of  the  Greek  criterion  (Kpifrj,}idv).'     - 

12.  £cn>orfaingungen  is  a  German  expression  instead  of  the  more 
usual  foreign  term,  bte  ^robucttoncn. 

Page  25. 

1.  au8  tern  (stcgrcif  may  well  be  translated  'on  the  spur  of  the 
moment',  seeing  that  <2tcgrcif  originally  denotes  the  stirrup,  and  that 
the  phrase  would  thus  mean  'without  getting  out  of  the  stirrup'.  It 
often  means  impromptu,  ex  improviso. 

2.  ber  =  btefcr.  It  should  therefore  be  pronounced  with  greater 
emphasis  than  the  article. 

3.  'Orbis  sensualium  pictus,  von  Joh.  Amos  Comenius.  Hoc  est, 
omnium  fundamental ium  in  mundo  rerum  et  in  vita  actionum  pictura  et 
nomenclature.'  Nuremberg,  1658.  Comenius's  original  name  was 
Komensky.  His  work  has  been  frequently  imitated  and  modernised, 
and  is  in  one  guise  or  other  still  in  the  hands  of  many  children. 

4.  SDtcrian  (Matthew)  published  in  the  seventeenth  century  many 
volumes  of  topographical  engravings,  works  on  geography,  and  collec- 
tions of  plates  in  sacred  history. 

5.  'Jo.  Ludovici  Gottfridi  fyiftoriftye  Chronica,  £)ber  23efcf>reuutng  ber 
Surnemjfcn  ©efefyicfyten,  fo  ftc$  »on  ?lnfang  ber  SBett,  pip  auff  unferc  3citen 
jugctragen:  9laty  2lujjt$cUung  ber  tier  9ftonarcfnen,  unb  fceigefugtct  Safyrrcctynung, 
anp  fleiffigfte  in  Drbnung  gebrad)t,  unb  in  2Icf)t  £l)etfe  afcget^etfct ;  mtt  met 
fcfySnen  (Sontrafatcturcn  unb  ©cfcfnctytmvijjtgen  ^upffcrftucfen,  gur  Slnnxtfung  ber 
JQtjtortett  gejicret,  an  £ag  gegefcn  unb  scrlcgt,  butcfy  Mathaeum  Merianum. 
©cbrucft  iu  granffurt  am  2Ha!pn,  3n  SBotffgang  <§offmannc8  23ii($brucferet. 
3m  3a$t  nacfy  (Sfyriftt  ©cfotrt,  m.dc.xxxxii.'  fol. 


io2  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

6.  Peter  Lauremberg's  Acerra  philologica,  i.e.  200  auSettcfcne,  nu§* 
licfye,  Tufttge  unb  benfn>urtige  «§tjtoricn  unb  S)i8curfe  auS  ten  6erul)mtcften 
grtcd;tfc$en  unb  tatetntfetyen  ©crt&cnten  jufammengefcracfyt.  Sicked,  1633.  In 
the  later  editions  the  number  of  tales  was  increased  to  700.  There  is 
also  an  Acerra  philologica  by  Ursinus,  and  the  new  Acerra  phil.  by 
Boysen,  Halle,  1715 — 1723.     2  vols. 

7.  The  plur.  Stttyityotogtcn  in  the  sense  of  'mythological  fables'  is 
rather  unusual. 

8.  Ovid's  Metamorphoses. 

9.  There  is  also  the  compound  Sangtixite,  of  the  same  meaning. 

10.  tmm  effort  =  fortn)d6  tent. 

« *ir.  •  ttneber  ^m^orMngen/to  reproduce.  Loeper  appropriately  quotes 
a  passage  in  Wilhelm  Meister's  Lehrjahre  (8,  6),  in  which  an  ancient 
library,  m  some  coM  tastfe  ,is  described  as  consisting  of  etne  fBiUl  in  ftolto, 
$tottfrieb$  (5#<.'ontf,  jftr.  S^nH  Theatrum  Europaeum,  bie  Acerra  philo- 
logica, ©rtypfyti  <Scf?riftcn,  unb  necty  etnige  minbet  nnctytige  23uc$er. 

12.  mitnntcr  —  fcisivctfen,  tytn  unb  hnebcr. 

1 3.  2Utcst[;umucfyf ctten  is  an  attempt  to  give  a  German  equivalent  of 
the  Latin  antiqiiitctes  (2lnttquitftten);  we  now  say  bie  (griccfnfctycn  unb 
romtfefyen)  5ntertf)umer. 

14.  Fenelon  (1651 — 17 15),  archbishop  of  Cambray,  the  famous 
author  of  the  didactic  romance  entitled  Les  Aventures  de  Tetfoiaqite, 
which  was  first  published  in  1669.  Neukirch's  translation  of  this  work 
is  in  verse  (3  vols.  Ansbach  1727—39),  and  cannot,  therefore,  be  an 
exact  reproduction  of  the  graceful  style  of  the  French  original,  which  is 
in  prose. 

15.  Daniel  Defoe's  Robinson  Crusoe  was  first  published  in  1719 — 
one  of  the  most  widely  read  of  novels.  It  appeared  in  a  German  trans- 
lation not  long  afterwards,  and  was,  moreover,  imitated  in  a  great  many 
similar  novels  (JKobinfonaben).  One  of  these  was  2)te  Snfet  gelfenourg,  b.  t. 
SBunbcrttcfye  Sata  etniger  ©ecfafrer,  aofcnberticfj  2libertt  Sum,  etitcS  geoornen 
©acfyfen,  cntrcorfen  turn  ©fcevfyatb  Sutio,  bem  5)vucf  ubergefcen  son  ©tfanbern. 
Nordhausen,  1731 — 43. 

16.  Lord  George  Anson  left  England  about  the  middle  of  Sep- 
tember, 1740,  with  a  fleet  of  five  ships,  doubled  Cape  Horn  in  March, 
1 741,  arrived  off  Juan  Fernandez  in  June,  stayed  about  the  coast  of 
America  till  May,  1742,  crossed  the  southern  ocean  with  only  one  ship 
(the  Centurion),  sailed  to  China  and  stayed  there  until  the  beginning  of 
1 743,  then  cruised  near  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  set  sail  for  England 


Bk.  I.]  NOTES.  103 

in  December,  1743;  on  the  15th  of  June,  1744,  he  arrived  at  Spithead. 
Lord  Anson's  Voyage  round  the  World  came  out  in  1748,  being  the  work 
of  the  chaplain  of  the  Centurion,  the  Rev.  R.  Walter,  and  of  Benjamin 
Robins ;  four  large  impressions  were  sold  off  in  a  twelvemonth.  This 
work  was  translated  into  most  European  languages,  but  no  German 
translation  has  hitherto  been  discovered  anterior  to  that  by  Stolpe, 
Gottingen,  1763.  If  Goethe  actually  read  this  work  before  his  tenth 
year,  there  surely  must  have  existed  some  earlier  translation.  (See  also 
Voltaire,  Precis  du  siecle  de  Louis  XV.,  chap.  XXVII.) 
Page  26. 
i.     m'\t  ten  ®etanfcn  =  tn  itnferen  ©ctanfen. 

2.  The  adj.  aft  is  often  added  to  SOBelt;  compare  also  the  very 
idiomatic  phrase :  SOBag  in  after  SBdt  t^ujt  tu  fca  ?  What  on  earth  are  you 
doing  there  t 

3.  Samiltenfpajicrfa^rt,  family- drive. 

4.  tierfcricjUtcfy  has  here  an  active  sense :  annoying,  vexatious. 

5.  The  more  usual  form  is  Safytcgjcit  (trisyllabic). 

6.  tag  5ruf;{cbcn  =  tag  Sugcntfcfcen,  tie  Jtintfieit,  a  word  peculiar  to 
Goethe,  and  quoted  by  Grimm  only  from  the  present  passage. 

7.  This  is  one  of  those  popular  tales  current  among  the  people  even 
in  our  own  time.     It  was  also  hawked  about  in  England  as  a  chap-book. 

8.  aJiipcfjagen,  indisposition. 

9.  $octcn,  small-pox. 

10.  It  was  Lady  Mary  Montague  who  first  recommended  the  pre- 
cautionary process  of  'ingrafting'  small-pox  (her  own  expression)  such 
as  she  had  seen  it  in  the  East ;  see  Lord  Wharncliffe's  edition  of  her 
Letters  and  Works,  vol.  I.  p.  308. 

11.  v^Bkmattfcfj,  problematical,  i.e.  doubtful,  a  subject  about  which 
doctors  had  not  yet  been  able  to  agree.  ('Vaccination'  was  not  em- 
ployed by  Dr  Jenner  before  1796.) 

12.  fapftcfy,  intelligibly,  comprehensibly;  compare  er  fajjt  cine  (StaffC 
fcfyr  fcfjneft  auf,  he  comprehends  very  readily. 

13.  sorgretfen  means  to  anticipate,  forestall — as  if  the  spontaneous 
action  of  Nature  were  forestalled  by  artificially  producing  an  illness. 

14.  Instead  of  tag  feftc  2ant,  we  also  have  the  compound,  tag 
3'cfttant,  the  continent. 

i5-  Qegen  frequently  denotes  the  price  given  in  exchange  for  some 
service,  e.g.  gegen  eine  SSergiitung  nrift  i<$  eg  fctyon  t^un,  in  which  sentence 
we  might  also  employ  the  prepos.  fur 


xo4  GOETHE'S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  I. 

1 6.  UnT;cit  is  a  strong  expression  (much  more  powerful  than  'mis- 
chief'); it  is  the  negation  of  <§eti,  whence  the  verb  fycUen  'to  heal',  and 
the  adj.  Ijetftg  'holy',  are  derived. 

17.  fcurcf)  denotes  extent;  the  illness  did  not  spare  a  single  family. 

18.  '  In  a  variety  of  cases. ' 

19.  In  this  sense  we  generally  use  the  simple  verb  treffen,  e.g.  in 
the  familiar  phrase,  mtcfy  fy\t  etn  fctymercS  Ungtiicf  gctroffen. — ©3  fcetraf  unfcr 
Qattfl  might  also  mean  'it  concerned  our  house'. 

?o.     Seiben=®c'i;mcr5cn. 

21.  '  Whatever  alleviation  was  possible.' 

22.  The  German  phrase  is  exactly  like  the  Latin,  Ter.  Phorm.  68, 
modo  11011  montis  auri  fioUkcns.  In  French  it  is  promettre  monts  et 
mervcilles. 

23.  c$,  i.  e.  nictyt  ju  retfccn  unb  frafcen. 

Page  27. 

r.     fcfjarfen  =  flcrmcf;ren,  jtetgetn. 

2.  =  nactyfccm  cine  3ett  in  trauttget  SCBetfc  serfToffcn  toar. 

3.  juruefgetaffen,  sc.  I;dttcn. 

4.  3l6gotteret,  idolatry,  from  fcer  Slfcgctt,  an  idol ;  comp.  Judges  xviii. 
14:  SQBifjct  ifjr  aucfy,  tap  in  ttefen  #aufcvn  cin  Scikocf,  J&ciftgt^um,  23tlt>ntp  unt) 
Slfcgott  ftnb  ? 

5.  gatfHg  is  a  colloquial  word,  very  common  in  the  Frankfort 
dialect;  it  means  the  same  as  I)fifiltcfy.  In  old  German  SSctter  is  fre- 
quently used  instead  of  S^cffe  (nephew).  So  also  in  English  cousin,  e.g. 
our  cousin  Hamlet  and  our  son. 

6.  The  pronoun  (5r  is  nowadays  only  employed  in  addressing  persons 
of  very  inferior  station. 

7.  £Utafgeijt,  'a  tormenting  (tricksy)  spirit'. 

8.  SSerftcfyern  takes  both  the  dative  and  the  accus.  in  this  meaning, 
but  with  the  accus.  it  also  has  the  sense  of  insuring. 

9.  Samitienletben  means  here  a  disease  befalling  all  the  members  of 
the  family.  The  common  sense  of  the  word  is  an  hereditary  illness  of 
a  family. 

10.  'We  could  never  get  to  be  on  good  terms.' 

11.  The  brother  here  mentioned  was  called  Hermann  Jacob;  he 
died  at  the  tender  age  of  six  years  and  six  weeks,  and  was  buried  on 
Jan.  13,  1759. 

12.  nactygefcoren  means  here  'born  after  the  writer'. 


Bk.  I.]  NOTES.  105 

13.  tie  is  said  in  accordance  with  the  natural  sex,  while  according 
to  grammatical  gender  it  ought  to  be  fcciS.  See  our  note  on  Hermann 
and  Dorothea,  5,  86  sq. 

Page  28. 

1 .  cin&ringcn  =  cinljoten,  make  up  for. 

2.  =  unS  bet  unfercr  ©cnefung,  or  ttenn  tvir  f  aum  gencfen  nxiren. 

3.  The  author  has  varied  the  construction  in  order  to  avoid  com- 
mencing a  second  sentence  with  a  conditional  clause  and  toeim. 

4.  entiid?  appears  to  be  used  in  its  primitive  sense,  =am  @nte; 
reaching  the  end  of  that  narrow  passage  you  would  get  into  a  court. 

5.  ungtetcfy,  uneven,  irregular.  The  buildings  were  of  different 
height  and  architecture,  not  designed  to  harmonize  with  each  other. 

6.  anfefyntief?  is  an  adverb. 

7.  We  also  say,  tcr  (Marten  ijt  gut  gcT;a(tcn. 

8.  taS  JKefcgelantcr  (a  collective  noun),  'vine  trellises'.  Loeper 
quotes  from  a  poem  £crbflgcful;l  (Goethe's  Works,  Hempel's  edition, 
vol.  I.  p.  54): 

fetter  grunc,  tu  £aut\ 
3lm  9lc&engctanber 
£ter.  mem  genjter  fycrauf! 

9.  tie  JRaBattcn  is  still  a  common  expression  of  gardeners,  denoting 
small  beds  on  either  side  of  the  footpath,  and  before  the  larger  beds, 
Fr.  plate-bandes,  and  E.  platbands. 

10.  Perhaps  more  commonly  fccnu^t,  or  scrnxmfct. 

1 1.  ©enafctyigfeit  is  not  the  common  term,  but  rather  -^lafc^aftigfeit. 

Page  29. 

1.  For  imafcfc^bat  see  Herm.  and  Dor.  1,  107  (imafcfefy li c$). 

2.  un3,  in  our  estimation. 

3.  S)aS  Uimcv  is  a  peculiar  adaptation  of  the  French  la  riviere  (Ital. 
riviera),  which  means  the  'river-side',  but  has  in  German  passed  into 
the  general  sense  of  'district',  and  in  a  limited  acceptation  'a  hunt- 
ing-district'. The  word  belongs  to  the  earliest  importations  from 
the  Romance  languages,  seeing  that  it  is  in  Middle  High  German  die 
riviere. 

4.  fcel)agiicf?e  ©efctydfttgfcit  is  a  phrase  in  Goethe's  most  racy  style,  one 
might  almost  say,  a  kind  of  oxymoron.  23cfjaglic$  '  comfortable '  almost 
suggests  the  idea  of  leisurely  work,  while  ©cfcjjdfttafcit  'activity'  implies, 


io6  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [F>k.  T. 

after  all,  some  bustling.     A  writer  other  than  Goethe  would  probably 
have  said  in  Bcf;aa,itd;cr  ScfcfjAftuiung,. 

5.  cin  Sftclfcnflor,  a  bed  of flowering  pinks. 

6.  facfjfrartig  =  nacf>  2Xrt  tcr  gdctycr. 

7.  2Bacf;«tfium  is  more  commonly  used  as  a  neuter,  and  so  Goethe, 
too,  has  it  in  other  passages;  here  the  word  has,  moreover,  the  same 
sense  as  the  infin.  ta«  2Bacf;fcn. 

8.  The  construction  might  also  have  been  continued  in  accordance 
with  the  preceding  nouns:  ven  rertoanttcn  ®ctracf;fcn. 

9.  Oculircn,  to  inoculate. 

10.  Always  three  pairs  at  once. 

11.  Alcinous,  the  king  of  the  Phaeacians,  and  Laertes  the  Hither 
of  Ulysses — both  well-known  from  Homer's  Odyssey.  In  the  24th  !»<»«>k 
of  that  poem,  Ulysses  goes  to  visit  his  old  father,  who  has  retired  to 
a  suburban  estate,  and  finds  him  busily  engaged  tending  his  garden,  with 
gloves  on  his  hands  (x«p*5as  r  iirl  x€P^  /3ar«p  ?pe/ca,  w.  230). 

12.  More  correctly  nnc. 

13.  tic  Btegiftanlc  fcincr  $roponcntcn,  a  book  in  which  he  used  to 
register  the  things  he  proposed  to  do  each  day  ('registrum  eorum  quae 
sibi  agenda  proponebat). 

Page  30. 

1.  nicfen  is  a  familiar  expression  for  having  a  short  nap. 

2.  ©rojjjtutyt  is  used  in  the  sense  of  ®ro§t>atcrfiuf;L 

3.  um)crbrud)ucf>,  that  which  must  never  be  broken. 

4.  3Watcrtaltcnf»aiittcr,  1  druggist.  This  is  in  Germany  quite  distinct 
from  a  chemist's  or  apothecary's  pursuit.  The  apothecary  must  have 
studied  at  a  University,  and  is  admitted  by  the  State,  while  cin  2)ia» 
tcriaticnfulntlcr  carries  on  his  business  without  any  previous  examination 
or  legal  admission. 

5.  gctrAna,tcft  =  n)o  ta8  gre§tc  ©ctr5ngc  n>ar,  most  crowded. 

6.  We  should  understand  in  njctcfjcS  trir  fefjeuten  un3  pt  scrlicrcn.  Stcf> 
ttcrltcrcn  means  '  to  lose  one's  self,  one's  way';  but  fefjeuen  is  not  commonly 
used  nowadays  instead  of  fief)  fefjeucn.  Loeper  quotes  from  Goethe's 
eprucf;c,  no.  583 :  cin  eft  scrfemjter  ®rci«  fcf;cut  ftcf;  ju  recUm'cn,  in  which 
sentence  fief;  belongs  to  toetrmen. 

7.  vergnuglicf;  is  less  common  than  Mtgftigt 

S.     3vtttcin  is  a  small  round  cake;  tcr  3cltc  is  still  used  in  Bavaria, 


V>k.  II.]  NOTE.  107 

and  appears  also  in  Middle  High  German.      The  origin  of  the  word  is 
unknown. 

9.  aut»  unb  rinfltr^rn  is  a  peculiar  phrase  for  the  outgoing  and  in- 
tng  of  articles  of  sale. 

10.  mcinc  flutter  gcjtd  ft*,   my  mother  was  pleased  with  herself. 
M  no  doubt  origina'Iy  Compare  se  pi  aire. 

1  r.     cine  gutt  (  =  gtraumc)  2Bcilc,  a  considerable  time. 

Page  31. 

1.     einc  gutc  fpartic,  here:  a  good  deaL 
7.     finer  =  urgent  3emant. 

3.  3$  »cip  mir  vicl  mit  ctroaf,  I  boast  of  something. 

4.  Charles  VII.  (<•:  was  elected  German  Emperor  in  1 
he  died  1745. 

5.  tin  $raflflein,  a  corner-stone,  commonly  called  (Jefftetn.  Loeper 
quotes  a  place  in  which  Goethe  uses  this  word  to  translate  the  French 
la  borne. 

6.  gat  =  fcvr  is  conversational. 

7.  finfc  i|r.  .  .  fc^ultig  gcroortcn-  mranfen  I 

8.  Goethe  apparently  means  to  say  im  Sinnc  tc«  franjeftfe^en  S^ratrrl. 
The  characters  of  Homer's  poems  were  doubtless  represented  in  the 
costume  of  the  age  of  Lewis  XIV. 

9.  fi$  ttroai  ttfrgegennrtrtigf n  =  ft<$  ctwal  teB^aft  (alt  grgentoflrtig)  ror* 
ftcu*cn. 

Page  31. 

1.     ftumpf  seems  to  stand  in  the  sense  of  'abruptly '. 
7.     Cine m  ®cnug«  tvun  =  genugtn,  satisfy. 

3tt>elttf  33uc§. 

Page  33. 

1.  Boctngm  is  a  more  stately  and  solemn  expression  than  erja$lcn 
or  freri$ten. 

7.  Here  toffl  is  actually  the  adverb  of  gut,  while  two  lines  before  it 
was  used  in  the  sense  of  'probably'. 

3.  Mantel  unt  SBantel  is  an  almost  proverbial  expression,  denoting 
activity  and  commercial  pursuits. 


io8  GOETHES  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  II. 

4.  We  might  also  say  Srcmfce  ftnben,  tajj  e8  tf;t  ©cnrinn  ijt  (u)ncn 
©crutnn  brtnot),  ta  auS*  unb  emjugetycn. 

5.  A  shortened  conditional  clause  =  n>enn  aitcty  (although)  f.  St.  f.  n>. 
&.  bctyetrfctyen. 

6.  SBofjnjabtgfctt  is  now  a  somewhat  antiquated  word  =  2BoI)Ijtanb. 

7.  The  plural  fctc  S3jeUnaf;men  is  not  used  now,  but  occurs  in  other 
places  in  Goethe  and  Schiller. 

8.  »organgt3  =  »ortyergcI;cnfc,  previous. 

Page  34. 

1.  ungcfjcuct  is  a  strong  word,  'monstrous'  or  'atrocious';  to  invade 
a  country  without  a  previous  declaration  of  war  seemed  to  be  a  flagrant 
violation  of  all  established  laws  and  rights. 

2.  The  world  was  called  upon  to  be  not  merely  the  spectator, 
but  also  the  judge  of  this  proceeding. 

3.  Franz  I.  (of  Lorraine),  husband  of  Maria  Theresa  of  Austria, 
was  recognised  as  German  Emperor  after  the  death  of  Charles  VII., 
and  reigned  from  1745  till  1765. 

4.  £tmmct  is  sometimes  used  to  denote  a  canopy,  e.g.  cut  §tmmef6ctt, 
a  canopy-bed.  In  the  present  passage,  JtronungGfitmmct  serves  as  a  Ger- 
man rendering  of  the  foreign  word  JBattacfnn,  a  canopy  borne  over  the 
head  of  an  emperor  at  his  coronation. 

5.  genrictyttg  is  here  used  in  its  first  sense,  '  weighty '  =  ffimx  totcgenb  ; 
it  is,  however,  more  frequently  found  in  its  metaphoric  application  as 
denoting  something  or  somebody  of  weight,  i.  e.  importance. 

6.  gemut^Iic^  here  =  in  fctnem  ®cmutl;e;  as  an  adj.  the  word  means 
'  easy-tempered,  gooddiumoured '. 

7.  2ftip$cfltgfcitcn  =  3ertourfnif[e,  ©trcittgfciten. 

8.  ftety  ubcriucrfen,  to  quarrel. 

9.  The  expression  man  fctynneg  means  that  the  person  in  question 
found  it  difficult  to  restrain  the  expression  of  his  dissent,  but  at  last  all 
the  anger  kept  back  for  some  time  broke  forth — brad?  foS. 

10.  tufcfycn  or  tufcfycn  is  an  old  word  meaning  to  quiet,  allay,  suppress ; 
in  Middle  High  German  it  is  tiitzen;  compare  the  English  interjection 
tush,  which  means  'be  quiet!  don't  speak  of  it'. 

1  r.  We  also  say  son  etn>a§  mcabtetbcn. 

12.  For  the  construction  ficty  ciner  ©actye  freuen  see  Aue  §  347. 

13.  2lUc8  —  ictcS. 

14.  The  usual  expression  is  tor  3Reft  be3  SatyreS 


Bk.  II.]  NOTES.  109 

15.  Slgttation  is  here  employed  in  a  passive  sense,  just  as  we  say  in 
English,  'a  state  of  continued  agitation'  (i.e.  of  being  agitated);  in 
German  the  active  sense  is,  however,  more  common. 

16.  Frederick  II.  occupied  Dresden  (the  capital  of  Saxony)  on 
Sept.  9,  1756. 

17.  In  the  battle  of  Lmvositz  (October,  1756)  Frederick  beat  the 
Austrian  Marshal  Browne.  The  capitulation  of  the  14,000  Saxons  in 
the  camp  of  Pirna  was  the  immediate  result  of  this  victory.  See 
Carlyle,  Frederick  the  Great,  book  XVII.  ch.  6  and  7. 

Page  35. 

1.  The  members  of  the  family  who  belonged  to  the  opposite  party 
(the  Imperial  side). 

2.  Compare  the  opening  scenes  of  Shakespeare's  tragedy. 

3.  ftrifctfefy,  a  ludicrous  formation  from  the  popular  name  of  Frede- 
rick: fcer  grojjc  grifc. 

4.  toirfcn  =  (S'tnfIufl  ctugn&cn. 

5.  )platt  in  the  same  sense  as  plat  in  French  (tin  plat  sujef). 

6.  $atlje,  here:  godson. 

7.  fvctfen  should  here  be  taken  in  the  limited  sense  of  dining. 

8.  It  would  perhaps  be  more  common  to  say  in  ttr  gonjen  8Boc$e. 

9.  Compare  the  phrase,  eg  fdttt  in  tic  2lugcn  (or  in  fca$  ?lua.c),  lit.  it 
strikes  the  eye,  it  is  obvious. 

Page  36. 

1.  fcocty,  after  all. 

2.  Those  of  the  same  opinion  (mind)  with  him. 

3.  Scty  taffc  cttvag  gcltcn,  I  fully  admit  (allow)  something. 

4.  Qincnt  ctn)a8  scrargen,  to  grudge  someone  something.  (Compare 
the  verb,  ftdf?  ufcer  ettoaS  firgcrn.  Both  are  derived  from  the  adj.  arg,  from 
which  also  we  get  fcer  Slcrgcr  and  bag  2lcrgcmip.) 

5.  Daun  was  a  very  able  general,  though  he  is  here  contemptuously 
styled  einc  @c$fafmu$c,  'a  sleepy  old  fellow'.  On  June  18,  1757,  Daun 
obtained  a  splendid  victory  over  Frederick  II.  in  the  battle  of  Collin 
(Carlyle,  book  xvm.  ch.  4),  but  on  Dec. .  5  of  the  same  year  the 
Prussian  king  revenged  himself  in  the  battle  of  Leiithen  {ibid.,  book 
xvm.  ch.  10). 

6.  =fca  granfrcitf;  an  tern  Jvvtcge  $U;eil  ne^mc. 

7.  fcer  .ftrteggfctyauplafc  tljut  fid)  anf  is  a  phrase  clearly  derived  from 
a  stage  (Scjjciuplafc,  comp.  ©ctyanfcufyne)  which  opens  to  the  view. 


no  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  II. 

8.  See  above,  p.  4,  16. 

9.  $ia£  denotes  merely  the  seats  at  a  theatrical  performance,  Sutum 
expresses  that  there  was  sufficient  room  for  the  spectators  to  move  and 
expand. 

10.  This  is  a  colloquial  phrase;  eg  fictft  in  tl)m,  it  is  in  his  nature, 
it  cannot  be  got  out  of  him. 

1 1.  aftenfaftg,  if  need  were. 

Page  37. 
1.     (SatteroBe,  dresses. 

I.  toetttaufttg,  extensive.     See  note  on  p.  1,  12. 

3.  Compass  and  ruler. 

4.  in  ta8  £lj>atige  toertoenten  is  a  peculiar  phrase :  'to  put  into  practice, 
to  apply'.  A  more  familiar  expression  would  be  in  tic  %ty\t  umfefcen, 
iiBertragen. 

5.  $a}tyatBeiten  (  =  2ltBeiten  in  $appe,  pasteboard)  would  probably  be 
more  common  than  the  form  employed  by  Goethe. 

6.  asttg,  neat,  pretty. 

7.  BetyarrUcfy,  constant,  persevering. 

8.  son  *J)rofcfjton,  'by  trade';  this  servant  had  originally  been  a 
tailor,  but  had  given  up  his  trade  to  become  a  footman. 

9.  (Srinem  itBer  ten  $o)>f  tuactyfen  is  an  idiomatic  expression  denoting 
'to  outgrow  somebody',  to  become  too  big  for  him. 

10.  More  correctly  nrie. 

II.  We  say  also  $u  (or  Bet)  (Sincm  fatten,  or  e$  nut  (Stncm  fatten. 

Page  38. 

1.  Pylades,  the  faithful  friend  of  Orestes.  Comp.  Goethe's  tragedy 
of  Iphigenia. 

2.  More  commonly  etn  etnjtgeS  2ft at. 

3.  erne  ganje  28etle  is  a  colloquial  phrase :  'a  considerable  time'. 

4.  UcBer  ettoag  (or  ftegen  einer  &atyt)  ©inen  Bernfen,  lit.  to  call  some- 
body to  account  for  something,  is  a  frequent  expression  for  blaming  or 
charging  somebody  with  something. 

5.  oB-.-stoar,  although. 

6.  auSgefuctyt,  lit.  exquisite,  i.e.  excellent. 

7.  3J}mter$atyI  =  2Jitnorit&t,  which,  being  a  foreign  word,  has  been 
avoided  by  Goethe. 

8.  anfecfyten  is  a  more  general  term  than  angreifen;  it  means  in 
general  to  worry  and  annoy. 


Bk.IL]  NOTES.  hi 

9.  23ergmigungcn  does  the  duty  of  a  plural  of  fca8  SSergniigen. 

10.  fcer.  ScibenStrok,  a  new  compound  denoting  Xxo§  gegen  Seifcen. 

11.  hne  =  fca  ja,  since. 

12.  This  is  a  very  free  use  of  the  accusative.  The  usual  phrase  is 
cine  ©tunbe  gebcn,  to  give  a  lesson,  and  in  accordance  with  this  we  find 
einc  ©tunbe  fommcn,  to  come  for  a  lesson  (in  order  to  give  it).  The 
master  missed  his  lesson. 

13.  2)itpn)cttent  is  not  a  common  expression;  the  usual  term  being 
boSnritttg  or  ubel  gcftnnt.     Below,  p.  41,  Goethe  uses  UebcuuoUcnfc. 

Page  39. 

1.  &efc$amen  =  fcefcfyimpfen. 

2.  The  common  phrase  would  be,  fie  fatten  mid?  e.  31.  im  3tmmcr 
attcin  getaffen. 

3.  The  phrase  au3  bem  @tegtetfe  has  been  previously  explained  (p.  25, 
n.  1).     In  the  present  place  it  means  'at  the  prompting  of  the  moment'. 

4.  fid?  ttcrredmen,  to  /?«Vcalculate.  In  this  compound  the  inseparable 
prefix  set*  denotes  something  erroneous;  compare  Aue,  p.  237  (5). 

5.  We  should  understand  as  if  it  were,  \t  mc(;r  icj?  ju  fculfcen  tyattc, 
tcfto  mcfjr  toud?3  mcine  2Butf?. 

6.  When  the  first  stroke  of  the  hour  sounded. 

7.  c8  should  in  this  phrase  probably  be  taken  as  tantamount  to 
a  genitive,  as  we  say  fid?  etncr  ©actye  nid?t  »erfel;cn,  not  to  look  for  some- 
thing. It  would  perhaps  have  been  more  correct  to  say,  fid?  tcffcn  nid?t 
mfaf?. 

8.  triicfte  =  trictcr  fcrucfte,  ju  33eten  vrcpte. 

9.  imt>  nid?t  is  very  emphatic  here,  =a6er  nictyt. 

10.  Both  erfyufc  and  ettyob  are  correct  forms  of  the  imperf.  of  crl?e6cn, 
though  the  latter  is  probably  more  usual  nowadays.  See  note  on 
Kohlrausch,  p.  59,  3. 

1 1.  ,3eter  is  an  exclamation  denoting  that  violence  is  offered  to  some 
one.  Hence  jetcrn  and  geter  fctyreten,  and  the  subst.  bag  3ctergefd?rci,  a  loud 
call  for  help. 

12.  £auggeno{Ten  =  £augfcen)oI)ncr,  inmates  of  the  house. 

Page  40. 

1.  QttxoaS  Ulatyen  =  uUx  etne  @ac$e  tactyen. 

2.  That  it  is  merely  the  common  fate  of  man  to  suffer  such  things, 
and  that  there  is  nothing  exceptionally  fortunate  or  unfortunate  in  his 
life. 


1 12  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  II. 

3.  A  shortened  conditional  clause,  ^rocnn  ctucfy  etn  fotctycg  Stiffen  ntctyi 
titel  nufct. 

4.  ficf>  in  ctroaS  fintctt,  to  rest  content  with  something. 

5.  fo  jtemticf),  pretty  well. 

6.  ©ticfyetcien,  taunts  (derived  from  ftccfyen,  as  if  they  were  sharp, 
pointed  words). 

7.  3Rtfjrcbcn  =  miGn)oICcnfce  (see  p.  38,  n.  13)  JRcten,  malicious  words 

Page  41. 

1.  fount  crfam,  strange,  peculiar.  A  more  usual  phrase  would  be, 
fie  regten  mid)  ut  founterfamen  ^ctracfytungen  an. 

2.  '  Primus  inter  pares.' 

3.  In  common  German,  einmat  (ctnft)  nacfytcm  tag  ^fcifcrgcrtcfyt  afr* 
geljalten  foortcn  roar. 

4.  gtetcfyfam,  as  it  were.  His  seat  was  not  a  throne,  but  resembled 
one  (gttcf)  cincm  Serene). 

5.  The  expression  is  easily  understood  to  be  proverbial.  The 
peacock  is  often  used  as  the  emblem  of  vain  and  shallow  pride. 

6.  ©ajtge&er  and  ®afU;altcr  are  antiquated  expressions,  instead  of 
which  we  now  prefer  ©afhmrtty. 

7.  The  modern  form  of  the  plural  is  tie  Sfjrcme,  not  tie  Sfroaeit.  In 
the  present  instance  kronen  seems  to  be  preferred  as  rhyming  with 
Jvfinicn.  It  should  be  added  that  the  ordinary  phrase  is,  etnen  Slnfpruefy 
auf  ctfoa3  macijen  (or  crljcfccn). 

8.  fatten  =  acfjten  (compare  in  Latin  habere  —  ducere,  and  so  'to  hold' 
in  English). 

9.  pcrfimticf),  while  he  was  still  alive. 

10.  ta8  33cfud(jjimmcr,  the  drawing-room  (into  which  visitors,  SScfurt, 
are  conducted). 

11.  muffen  often  denotes  a  cogent  conclusion. 

Page  42. 

1.  tie  ^ufle  tcr  tftntljctt  means  the  abundant  (plentiful)  impressions 
of  childhood. 

1.     rout-tig,  becomingly,  in  a  manner  worthy  of  the  subject. 

3.  sc.  fjafce  or  $&tte.  The  phrase,  ©tnen  jum  23eftcn  f;aben,  'to  make 
fun  of  somebody',  is  conversational 

4.  The  child  uses  the  organs  it  has  received  from  nature,  without 


Bk.  II.]  NOTES.  113 

any  art  and  without  much  pretension,  and  yet  in  the  way  most  con- 
ducive to  its  immediate  purposes. 

5.  fcfyetnt  =  crfd;cint,  appears. 

6.  Compare  the  Latin,  ut  nihil  supra. 

7.  Easy  (without  an  appearance  of  constraint). 

8.  S3iltung  =  5lugbitbung. 

9.  fortmacfjfcn,  to  continue  (go  on)  growing. 

10.  3uttcrlat7u3fcit  =  akfolute  ©icfycrfycit,  so  that  we  could  rely  upon  his 
judgment  (ficf>  auf  etn>.  scrtaffen). 

11.  '  Post  factum,  eventum.' 

Page  43. 

1.  The  indefinite  article  has  here  the  same  general  sense  as  tvcjcnt 
etneS. 

1.     nacfybcm  =  ie  nadjbcm,  according  as. 

3.  A  shortened  conditional  clause  =  toenn  ....  riicfcn. 

4.  toafyren  in  its  original  sense,  'to  guard,  defend'.  It  is  etymo- 
logically  connected  with  guard  (Ft.  garder) ;  compare  also  the  compound 
k=tt)aljren. 

5.  fcurgerlicfye  9iulje  denotes  such  quiet  as  the  citizens  of  a  large 
town  generally  enjoy.     Compare  the  saying,  $uf>e  ift  tic  crflc  33urcjcrpflicf)t. 

6.  There  is  also  another  form,  fccffcnungcacfytct,  which  is  perhaps 
more  correct. 

7.  In  the  year  1757  the  numbers  of  Frederick's  adversaries  were 
strengthened  by  the  addition  of  Sweden  and  the  German  Empire.  The 
war  against  the  French  was  carried  on  by  Frederick's  allies,  the  English 
and  Hanoverian  troops,  while  he  himself  defended  his  country  against 
the  Russians  and  Austrians.  On  May  6,  the  victory  of  Prague  was 
obtained,  though  with  the  loss  of  Schwerin's  valuable  life,  but  on 
June  18,  the  Prussians  were  defeated  in  the  battle  of  Collin,  On 
Nov.  5,  the  French  army  was  splendidly  beaten  in  the  battle  of  Rossbach. 
On  Dec.  5,  the  Austrians  were  beaten  at  Leuthen,  though  the  Prussian 
force  amounted  to  scarcely  one- third  of  the  Austrian  army. 

8.  belcbter  is  more  emphatic  than  the  ordinary  term  tcbfyafter. 

9.  A  German  word  of  the  same  sense  is  sereinjctn. 

10.  The  three  'religions'  represented  among  the  inhabitants  of 
Frankfort  are  the  Lutheran,  the  Reformed  or  Calvinistic,  and  the 
Roman  Catholic.  In  our  own  day  we  should  have  to  add  the  Jewish 
persuasion,  which  is  very  largely  represented  in  Frankfort  now,  and, 

G.  B.  8 


ii4  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  II. 

no  doubt,  was  so  then;  but  in  those  days  the  Jews  were  not  counted, 
as  they  were  restricted  to  the  'Judengasse',  and  did  not  mix  with  the 
rest  of  the  population  on  equal  terms. 

n.  The  predominant  religious  confession  at  Frankfort  was  and  is 
the  Lutheran. 

12.  gum  Regiment  =  $ur  $egterung.  We  also  say  an  tic  9tcgtcrung,  but 
only  jur  «§errftf)aft  getangen. 

13.  Siebtyabcreteit,  favourite  pursuits. 

Page  44. 

1.  nacty  feincv  etgenen  @innc$art,  in  harmony  with  his  own  way  of 
thinking. 

2.  The  foreign  ©motumcntt  is  adopted  as  the  legal  and  technical 
term.     The  same  remark  applies  to  the  term  33attotage, 

3.  Neither  legal  nor  traditional. 

4.  (£ttt>a8  serfctyrooren  means  to  take  an  oath  (vow)  not  to  do  some- 
thing. 

5.  (£t)arafter  denotes  a  mere  title,  to  which  neither  emoluments  nor 
duties  are  attached.  The  verb  verfc$affcn  insinuates  that  this  distinction 
could  be  procured  by  money. 

6.  There  is  no  reason  why  the  German  ®cfe(lfd;aft  should  be  avoided 
here. — Instead  of  macfyen,  a  verb  perhaps  more  common  in  this  phrase 
would  be  fcilten,  or  we  should  use  the  compound  auSmactyen. 

7.  The  modern  form  of  the  plural  is  tie  (Sljarciftere. 

8.  mocfyte  denotes  a  very  probable  hypothesis. 

9.  tic  frcic  2Bclt  means  the  wide  world  which  is  open  to  all. 

10.  liberal  is  used  in  the  Latin  sense  of  a  style  of  living  conducted 
on  a  more  liberal  (gentlemanly)  scale.     Compare  'a  liberal  education'. 

11.  This  should  be  understood  of  the  renovations  previously  de- 
scribed. 

12.  The  preposition  might  be  omitted. 

Page  45. 

1.     obertoft^nt  is  antiquated  instead  of  o6en  errofitynt. 
1.     More  commonly  ein  @d>ranf  soft  atter  ©erocfjte 
3.     Venetian   glass   is   still   famous   for  its   wonderful   finish    and 
elegance. 


Bk.IL]  NOTES.  115 

4.  fonbcrn=orbnen,  to  arrange  separately  (gcfonbcrt  aufflcHcn). 

5.  More  commonly,  toenn  einc  Auction  uorftet  (ficf>  eretgnete). 

6.  *  The  first  German  poet  that  discovered  again  a  lofty  theme  for 
poetry,  and  thereby  inspired  even  the  great  and  the  princes  with 
reverence  for  the  German  language  and  mind,  and  filled  the  noblest  of 
his  contemporaries  with  admiration  for  his  works,  was  Friedrich  Gottlieb 
Klopstock'  (R.  Boxberger), — born  at  Quedlinburg,  July  2,  1 724,  died  at 
Hamburg,  March  14,  1803.  His  principal  work  is  the  grand  epic  poem 
2)er  9)Jefita8,  in  twenty  cantos — a  work,  however,  more  praised  and  ad- 
mired than  read.  To  the  modern  generation  he  is  better  known 
through  his  Odes,  some  of  which  belong  to  the  finest  prod  actions  of 
German  poetry. 

7.  According  to  the  Frankfort  dialect,  the  poet's  name  resembles 
the  word  jtdtyfjtocf  (there  pronounced  Jttopjtocf),  a  stick  for  hitting  (ffofcfcn). 

8.  Ijerauffommcn  is  apparently  used  of  poets  who  rise  and  acquire 
reputation.     The  term  is  not,  however,  very  common  in  this  sense. 

9.  All  had  employed  rhymed  metre.  Klopstock  wrote  his  poem 
in  hexameter  verse. 

10.  Friedrich  Rudolf  Ludwig  von  Canitz  was  born  at  Berlin, 
Nov.  27,  1674,  and  died  there,  Aug.  ir,  1699.  He  is  chiefly  known  as 
a  lyric  poet,  but  *his  lyric  poetry  is  cold  and  prosaic,  and  though 
planned  in  an  intelligent  manner,  it  lacks  depth  and  power  of  sentiment ; 
it  is  easy  to  see  that  the  utmost  of  his  endeavour  is  to  make  rhyme  and 
reason  go  together'.     (H.  Kurz.) 

11.  Friedrich  von  Hagedorn,  bom  at  Hamburg  on  April  26, 
1708,  died  there,  Oct.  28,  1754.  His  poetry  lacks  depth  and  warmth, 
but  his  style  is  always  clear  and  sprightly,  and  some  of  his  poems  are 
still  read  with  pleasure.  *  Hagedorn  is  always  natural  and  true,  and 
chimes  in  the  proper  tune.*     (Kurz.) 

12.  Carl  Friedrich  Drolunger,  born  at  Durlach,  1688 — 1742, 
'a  poet  remarkable  rather  for  his  sound  theories  on  poetry  than  for  any 
performances  of  his  own.'  (Kurz.)  He  was,  however,  opposed  to  the 
employment  of  rhyming  verse  in  German. 

13.  Christian  Furchtegott  Gellert,  born  at  Hainichen  near  Frei- 
berg on  July  4,  1 7 16,  died  at  Leipzig,  Dec.  13,  1769 — one  of  the  noblest 
men  of  his  time.  His  fables  and  religious  hymns  still  maintain  their 
place  in  German  literature,  and  some  of  the  latter  (notably  the  one 
beginning  SOBte  grofi  ift  fce8  Slttmficfjt'gen  ®ute)  are  among  the  finest  hymns 
of  the  German  Protestant  church. 


n6  GOETHE'S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  IL 

14.  Friedrich  Carl  Casimir  von  Creuz,  born  at  Homburg  in  the 
Taunus  mountains,  Nov.  24,  1724,  died  Sept.  6,  1770.  His  Odes  were 
first  collected  in  the  Frankfort  edition  of  1750;  they  are  melancholy  in 
many  places,  and  the  author  appears  to  have  been  influenced  in  them 
by  the  Night  Thoughts  of  Young. 

15.  Albrecht  von  Haller,  born  at  Berne,  Oct.  8,  1708,  died 
there,  Dec.  12,  1777,  a  very  learned  man  and  excellent  poet,  though 
most  of  his  works  are  now  antiquated. 

16.  Neukirch's  Telemachus  has  been  mentioned  in  a  previous 
note  (p.  25,  n.  14). 

17.  For  Tasso's  epic  poem  see  p.  17,  n.  15. 

18.  Another  phrase  is  son  Jtinfc^eit  an. 

19.  Instead  of  memorireit,  we  might  employ  the  German  term 
auStuenbtg  ternen. 

20.  *  Full  of  annoyance. ' 

21.  etnfcfytnarjen,  'to  smuggle  in';  a  word  derived  from  t>te  <Scfyft>arje, 
which  appears  in  German  argot  as  early  as  the  14th  century  as  a  term 
for  'night'.  The  word  is  often  used  metaphorically  of  importing  clan- 
destinely. 

Page  46. 

r.     gefcfyaftgtf)attg  =  tf)fittg  in  ©efcfyaften,  busy,  active. 

2.  The  first  five  cantos  of  Klopstock's  Messiah  appeared  in  1 75 1. 
The  first  ten  cantos  appeared  in  two  volumes  1755  and  r 756. 

3.  ein  @tbauung§6ucf),  a  book  of  devotions;  erbauen  is  'to  edify'. 

4.  tie  (Sfjartoccfje  is  the  week  before  Easter,  in  which  Good  Friday 
(@f)arfrettag)  is  celebrated.  Q$at  corresponds  to  Old  High  G.  chara, 
'lamentation',  the  same  word  as  the  E.  care,  Anglos,  cam. 

5.  entfcinfcen  =  fret  macfjen,  aMofen. 

6.  More  commonly,  er  tear  fel)r  fceftuqt. 

7.  The  more  they  discussed  the  subject,  the  greater  their  difference 
of  opinion  turned  out  to  be. 

8.  He  was  at  last  content  to...  @r  lafit  eg  ficty  gefaflen  means  'he 
puts  up  with  it'. 

9.  ©onntagSfuppe  is  a  quaint  phrase  denoting  a  Sunday  dinner.  An 
old-fashioned  way  of  inviting  for  dinner  is :  tocllen  @ie  einen  Soffet  <&uppt 
mit  un3  effen  ? 

ro.  $rvfelty'ten,  'converts',  from  the  Greek  wpoarjXvTos,  lit.  one  who 
joins  the  faithful  (d  irpoaepxo^vos  tols  mar  oh). 


Bk.  III.]  NOTES.  117 

r  1.  ^eiftgen  is  said  in  agreement  with  the  ecclesiastic  term  93rofeft>teu. 
The  'saint'  in  question  is,  of  course,  Klopstock. 

1 2.  The  copy  was  at  the  service  of  the  family  for  the  rest  of  the 
year. 

Page  47. 

1.  auffattenfc,  striking. 

2.  See  p.  45.  n-  19- 

3.  Portia's  dream  may  be  read  in  the  Messiah  vn.  366 — 497. 
Portia  is  the  wife  of  Pilatus. 

4.  The  passage  here  alluded  to  is  in  the  tenth  canto,  v.  96 — 146. 

5.  'Had  fallen  to  my  share.'  Another  phrase  of  the  same  sense  is, 
rear  mtr  311  £fyetl  gcmorten. 

6.  fftltfty,  because  used  by  demons  (Satan  and  Adramelech). 
Compare  teufltfcfy,  below. 

7.  ©amficig  is  the  southern  appellation,  ©onnafccnb  the  one  used  in 
the  north  of  Germany.     Compare  Fr.  samedi=  'sabbati  dies'. 

8.  fcequcmttcfy  is  the  adv.  of  bcqucm;  see  Aue  §  240,  2  b. 

9.  Ijcrfommucty,  usual ;  according  to  custom  and  tradition  (<$crfommcn). 

10.  Instead  of  flecfyenbet,  Klopstock  subsequently  adopted  the  read- 
ing Ijetrfcfjenfcer,  which  is  now  found  in  the  editions. 

11.  kifcucfy,  pretty  well,  tolerably. 

Page  48. 

1.  (SljirurguS  is  an  honorary  and  complimentary  title  applied  to 
a  mere  barber.     It  commonly  denotes  a  surgeon. 

2.  2luffianb,  lit.  a  'standing-up',  denotes  here  'a  commotion'. 

3.  ttctrufen  means  'to  bring  into  bad  repute',  to  decry. 


SDritteS  33u$. 

Page  49. 

1.  fccr  Umfauf=fca8  Umljcrgefjen,  circulation. 

2.  ficfy  in  Jtteitcr  rcerfen  is  a  common  phrase  instead  of  'donning  one's 
clothes'.  Thus  we  say,  ftc$  in  fctncn  fceflen  @taat  rcerfcn,  to  don  one's  best 
clothes. 

3.  ernmnfctyt,  acceptable. 

4.  fcafetbft  is  somewhat  antiquated  instead  of  tort. 


u8  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  III. 

5.  tver  fonft  afteg,  whoever  else — denotes  that  besides  those  men- 
tioned there  was  a  considerable  number  of  others  not  specially  enu- 
merated. 

6.  Those  of  lower  rank  who  came  to  congratulate  and  to  receive 
their  usual  new  year's  gifts. 

7.  «§onotattoren  is  the  technical  designation  of  persons  of  rank  and 
station  in  some  town. 

8.  Rooms  which  were  scarcely  ever  opened  during  the  rest  of  the 
year. 

9.  QRarjifcait,  'march-pane',  a  very  sweet  kind  of  confectionery 
{panis  marcidus?). 

Page  50. 

1 .  ©tiftung  often  denotes  an  endowment,  an  institution. 

2.  sergnugUdj,  pleasurable. 

3.  'Full  of  thought  and  foreboding.'  3l$ming$»ott  is  used  em- 
phatically instead  of  »ott  fcofer  5U;nungen. 

4.  The  'principal  tower'  of  Frankfort  meant  here  is  the  tower  of 
the  Dom  or  St  Bartholomew's  Church,  bcr  $farrt$urm. 

5.  It  seemed  as  if  he  would  never  have  done  blowing  his  trumpet. 

6.  Goethe  insinuates  that  the  troops  were  allowed  to  enter  the  town 
with  the  connivance  of  the  authorities.  Modern  research  has  proved 
that  Goethe's  own  grandfather  Textor  was  at  the  bottom  of  the  whole 
transaction. 

7.  The  small  detachment  which  escorted  them  through  the  town. 

8.  The  '(SonftaMcnuacfye',  near  the  Bornheim  Gate,  was  under  the 
command  of  Major  Textor,  the  Schultheiss's  brother;  the  'Haupt- 
wache'  (at  the  upper  end  of  the  'Zeil')  under  that  of  the  Lieutenant  von 
Klettenberg. 

9.  2lugenBUcf3  (an  adverbial  formation  from  Slugen&lirf,  compare  £ag8, 
9la$t8,  etc.),  'in  an  instant'. 

10.  bisouafiren  is  a  peculiar  instance  of  an  original  German  word 
having  been  modified  by  the  French,  and  reimported  into  Germany : 
'bivouac,  a  l'origine  btvact  mot  venu  de  l'allemand  SSeimacfje,  et  introduit 
a  l'epoque  de  la  guerre  de  Trente  ans '.  A.  Brachet,  Diction,  etym.  de 
la  langue  francaise,  p.  92. 

Page  51. 
1.     fcefjcigttcty  expresses  that  the  citizens  were  fond  of  their  comfort, 
and  discontented  to  have  it  disturbed  by  soldiers  billeted  upon  them. 


Bk.  III.]  NOTES.  119 

2.  Sttemant  is  the  dative,  in  which  case  we  may  also  say  Sfttcmauten. 

3.  @taatgjtmmcr  =  $runf$immer,  rooms  of  state. 

4.  fo  rote  cr  fid)  tic  ©acfje  tacfyte. 

5.  mogen  =  fonnen.  Or  we  may  explain,  fo  ^Atte  cr  ficfy  nnb  ml 
meg  ticker  2Bctfe  manege  trube  ©tunte  crfpart. 

6.  ter  Jtoniggticutenant  is  very  popular  in  Germany,  both  on  account 
of  Goethe's  vivid  description  of  his  character,  and  of  Gutzkow's  drama 
which  bears  this  title,  and  is  founded  on  Goethe's  account. 

7.  fcfylicfjten,  'to  arrange',  connected  with  fcfylcctyt  and  fctytictyt  (E. 
slight))  compare  the  phrase  fdjlecfyt  unb  rcefyt,  *  honest  and  right'. 

8.  jufammengenommen  =  juructtyattent,  reserved. 

9.  ob  e8  fcfyon  =  obfefyon  eg. 

10.  We  should  now  probably  say  cr  §ctgtc  ftc$  fetyr  ocrbtntu$. 

Page  52. 

1.  unwirffam,  without  working  or  interfering  himself,  merely  passive. 

2.  2lrrcjianten  is,  strangely  enough,  used  in  a  passive  sense,  meaning 
persons  arresta/. 

3.  offene  £afcl,  access  to  which  was  open  to  all. 

4.  SMilttftrgafl  =  mtutfirifdjcr  ®aft. 

5.  ftcfy  in  cine  @ad?c  fefyicfen,  'to  adapt  oneself  to  something';  compare 
the  noun  ta8  ©cfcfytcf  and  the  adj.  gefdjicft. 

6.  He  could  turn  small  annoyances  into  a  joke. 

Page  53. 

1.  fliigticfy  is  the  adv.  of  Hug,  compare  p.  47,  n.  8. 

2.  The  retirement  which  was  in  the  nature  of  the  master  of  the 
house. 

3.  an  fcincr  @cite  =  fetnerfettS,  merely  'on  his  own  part'  (not  as  Mr 
Oxenford  has  it,  'in  his  capacity'). 

4.  aBantet  is  often  used  to  denote  the  whole  conduct  of  life. 

5.  In  modern  German,  cinigc  is  but  rarely  used  with  the  def.  article, 
in  which  sense  we  now  prefer  tic  roentgen. 

6.  SZtcmanten  is  the  dative,  in  which  case  we  may  also  say  Stiemant 
(p.  51,  n.  2),  but  should  avoid  the  neologism  Sltemantem. 

7.  SMmetfcfy  and  £>olmctfctyer  are  words  of  foreign  origin,  denoting  an 
'interpreter';  compare  P olisht /i/macz. 

8.  (Bin  JUnb  au8  ter  Jtaufe  tyeben,  lit.  to  hold  a  child  over  the  baptismal 


120  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  III. 

font,  is  a  common  phrase  for  standing  godfather  (or  godmother)  to  a 
child.     Hence  (Scatter  directly  afterwards. 

9.  Sftetgung  =  <£tn*  or  Bunetgung ;  he  was  now  twice  as  favourably 
inclined  to  the  family. 

10.  afcmiifngen,  'to  spare,  save';  compare  the  instance  given  by  J. 
Grimm :  bit  tannft  bid?  toofyl  einen  2lugenbucf  »on  bem  ©dj^rctben  abmiifngen, 
perhaps  you  may  just  spare  a  moment  from  your  writing;  and  in  the 
same  manner  Goethe  says  afle  abjumufngenben  Sage  unb  ©tunben  in  frcicr 
Suft  jubrtngen,  to  spend  all  the  days  and  hours  he  could  spare  in  the  open 
air  (quoted  by  Grimm,  Diet.  I,  79).  The  expression  is  not  however 
very  common. 

11.  @inem  ettoaS  etntcrnen  (or  etnfhtbtercn)  —  Grineti  etro.  lefyrcn.  The 
latter  phrase  is  however  expressive  of  methodical  and  theoretic  teaching, 
while  the  one  employed  by  Goethe  denotes  coaching  and  cramming. 

12.  We  may  also  say  ouf  bag  SSeftc. 

13.  Though  she  was  already  at  an  age  when  languages  are  not  so 
easily  acquired  as  in  early  youth. 

Page  54. 

1.  Presents  which  might  possibly  be  interpreted  as  intending  bribery. 

2.  tuegftetfen  is  a  stronger  expression  than  abrocifen  or  the  mere 
•Dcrtucigcrrt. 

3.  lint  often  is  merely  a  more  emphatic  word  than  tfoften. 

4.  9ta$tif<$,  the  mensae  secundae  of  the  ancients;  lit.  that  which 
comes  after  the  proper  dinner,  the  dessert. 

5.  Unfcfyutb  =  (S'tnf acf? fycit,  simplicity. 

6.  fyvtylid),  the  adverb  of  l)od). 

7.  It  is  more  usual  nowadays  to  say  ba8  (£i$. 

8.  toafjrfjaft  =  nrirf ticfy ;  compare  the  French  veritable. 

9.  etntgermaf  en,  to  some  extent. 

10.  ®e»atter  (a  word  already  employed  before)  denotes  the  kind 
interpreter.     His  proper  name  was  Diene. 

11.  dtnem  (ettoa3)  tiorftctten  or  aSorftcflungen  mactyen,  to  represent 
something  to  somebody  (by  adducing  arguments  and  reasons). 

12.  2>ag  nnll  nictyt  feci  il)m  gretfen  means  'it  won't  prevail  with  him,  it 
is  useless  with  him'. 

13.  Ummttb,  'ill-humour'. 


Bk.  III. J  NOTES.  121 

Page  55. 

1.  As  the  relative  refers  to  a  complete  sentence  and  not  merely  to 
one  word,  it  would  be  more  usual  now  to  say  roaS  than  roelcfyeS. 

2.  More  commonly  «$tn*  unb  «£erlaufen. 

3.  eigen  =  etgent$umUc$,  fcefonber. 

4.  pifint  preserves  the  trace  of  its  foreign  (French)  origin  (from 
piquant)  in  its  accent  which  is  always  laid  on  the  last  syllable. 

5.  $>cr  J?crjcg  son  Cfjuna  was  the  famous,  witty,  and  cruel  viceroy  of 
Naples  in  the  beginning  of  the  17th  century.  His  witticisms  were 
greatly  renowned  at  that  time. 

6.  bafj  nicf?t  =  ofyne  bafj.     Compare  the  Latin  quin. 

7.  Compare  1  Kings  iii.  16 — 28. 

8.  ctn  !s8efonbere8,  i.  e.  a  special  instance  of  his  Solomonic  judgments. 

9.  We  might  also  have  employed  the  simple  infinitive  (Sluticnj  511 
gckn)  without  any  difference  in  sense. 

Page  56. 

1.  Another  writer  would  perhaps  have  said  son  muntcrcr,  gutmutfyivjer 
Sftatur. 

2.  2lfrft»eg  is  a  path  (2Bcg)  which  leads  away  (ah)  from  the  true  road, 
hence  an  'aberration',  a  wrong  step. 

3.  urn  ft  finb  ticker,  in  a  more  circumstantial  (detailed)  manner. 

4.  gragen  unt>  2lntraorten  freftefyen  is  said  after  the  analogy  of  the 
phrase  cin  Qtxamtn  bejteljen,  to  pass  an  examination.  Compare  also  f&intm 
tftcb'  unb  9lnttoort  ftefyen,  to  answer  someone's  (detailed)  questions. 

5.  gegen,  'compared  with';  a  frequent  meaning  of  this  preposition. 

6.  mit  SGBtbernnUen  mcincS  Waters  is  not  a  usual  phrase,  though  readily 
understood.  It  expresses  that  his  father  did  not  exactly  approve  of  the 
boy's  using  this  free  admission,  but  still  did  not  actually  forbid  it ;  in 
this  way  the  phrase  differs  from  the  common  (fcljr)  gegcn  ben  SBtUcn 
mcineS  SScrterS,  which  would  involve  actual  disobedience  to  his  father's 
explicit  commands. 

7.  bag  parterre  is  the  only  current  term  for  the  pit  in  a  theatre. 

8.  mimifcfy,  'mimic',  from  the  Greek  fxifAeiadai,  to  imitate;  hence 
also  ber  9)iime,  the  actor,  instead  of  the  ordinary  <£cfyauf>tetcr. 

9.  The  only  possible  way  in  which  the  boy  could  derive  amusement 
from  the  performance  was  by  guessing  at  the  meaning  of  the  play  by 
accurately  observing  the  gestures  and  the  inflexion  of  the  voices  and  the 
tone  of  the  actors. 


122  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  III. 

io.     gemetn  =  gcn)of;niicfy,  'everyday  life'. 

ii.  More  commonly  we  should  say  fur  ttetcfye  (or  toofiir)  mtr  tic 
SluSfcrucfe  gar  nidjt  fcefannt  rcaren. 

Page  57. 

1.  fcer  2Ucxanfcriner,  le  vers  Alexandrin,  is  the  common  metre  of 
French  tragedy  and  comedy,  e.g. 

Mais  cependant  ce  jour  il  epouse  Andromaque. 
The  origin  of  this  name  is  unknown. 

2.  '  The  general  character  of  the  expressions'. 

3.  Jean  Racine,  born  Dec.  22,  1639,  died  in  1699,  perhaps  the 
greatest  of  the  French  tragic  writers  {Andromaque  1667,  Britannicus 
1669,  Iphigcnie  en  Aulide  1674,  PJudre  1677,  Athalie  1691),  but  also 
the  author  of  a  satirical  comedy  in  the  style  of  Aristophanes,  Lcs 
Plaideurs  (1668). 

4.  cin  etngclerntcr  ©prarfjoogct  =  ctn  35cget,  ben  man  ba8  <2precfyen  gefcfytt 
$at.     See  before  (p.  53,  n.  11)  our  note  on  etnterncn. 

5.  Nericault  Destouches,  born  at  Tours  in  1680,  died  1754. 
During  his  sojourn  in  England  (1717 — 1722)  he  became  familiar  with 
English  literature,  and  subsequently  endeavoured  to  raise  the  moral 
tone  of  the  French  comedy  of  his  time  by  his  own  productions.  Com- 
pare Lessing's  Hamburgische  Dramaturgies  p.  101  sq.  (Hempel's 
edition). 

6.  Chamblain  de  Marivaux,  1688 — 1763,  was  likewise  influenced 
by  English  literature.  His  journal  Le  Spectateur  Francais  was  to  some 
extent  an  imitation  of  Addison's  Spectator.  He  wrote  for  the  comic 
stage  during  nearly  fifty  years,  his  first  piece  dating  from  the  year  171 2. 
The  number  of  his  comedies  amounts  to  more  than  thirty,  the  most 
famous  being  Le  Jeu  de  V Amour  et  du  Hasard,  La  Surprise  de  VA7?iour, 
Le  Legs,  Les  fausses  Confidences,  V Epreuve.  His  novels  are  still  more 
famous :  La  Vie  de  Marianne,  and  Le  Paysan  Parvenu.  See  CEuvres 
choisies  de  Marivaux,  2  vols.  Paris,  Hachette,  1862. 

7.  La  Chaussee,  1693 — 1754,  'ecrivait  des  comedies  larmoyantes' 
(Demogeot,  Histoire  de  la  lit.  franc,  p.  505). 

8.  Jean-Baptiste  Poquelin  de  Moliere,  born  at  Paris,  Jan.  15, 
1622,  died  there,  1673.  He  was  the  greatest  comic  writer  of  French 
literature,  and  perhaps  of  all  ages  {Le  Misanthrope,  Tartuffe,  VAvare, 
Le  Bourgeois  Gentilhomme,  Les  Femmes  Savantes). 

9.  Lemierre  (1723 — 1793),  po'ete  et  auteur  dramatique ;  compare 


Bk.  III.]  NOTES,  123 

Demogeot  505,  694.     His  Hypermnestre  was  first  acted  in  Paris  in  1758, 
and  was  quite  a  novelty  at  Frankfort  at  the  time  spoken  of. 

10.  Le  Devitt  du  Village  is  an  opera  by  Jean-Jacques  Rousseau 
(1712 — 1778),  which  was  successfully  performed  at  Fontainebleau  in 
1752  (Plotz,  Manuel,  p.  364). 

11.  The  mention  of  Rose  et  Colas  in  the  present  place  seems  to  be 
due  to  some  mistake.  The  book  of  this  little  opera  was  by  Sedaine,  the 
music  by  Monsigny  and  Gretry.  But  it  was  not  performed  in  Paris 
before  1 764,  so  that  Goethe  would  appear  to  have  first  seen  it  at  some 
subsequent  period. 

12.  Annette  et  Lubin,  comedie  en  un  acte  et  en  vers  libres,  melee 
d'ariettes  et  de  vaudevilles,  by  Madame  Favart,  was  not  performed  at 
Paris  before  Feb.  15,  1762,  and  appears  likewise  to  be  mentioned  here 
owing  to  some  mistake  on  Goethe's  part. 

13.  frcbantern,  to  dress  out  in  ribbons. 

14.  Compare  the  French  phrase :  je peux  me  les  rappeler  (instead  of 
je  tti'en  sonviens),  of  which  this  would  seem  to  be  an  imitation. 

15.  Sweater  denotes  here  more  particularly  the  stage,  tie  JMfyne. 

16.  In  the  phrase  used  in  the  text  ganjen  is  properly  speaking 
superfluous,  as  augfyoren  by  itself  means  to  hear  to  the  end. 

17.  We  should  commonly  say,  in  fcer  gelintercn  3af;rc£$cit. 

18.  bcHauficj  =  gelei}entUdj,  casually. 


Page  58. 

1.  (SttuaS  fcet  ©inem  gettenb  macfjen,  to  employ  something  with  some 
one,  turn  it  to  (good)  account  with  him. 

2.  The  expression  is  not  a  very  common  one.  We  should  say 
nowadays,  cr  fcfyloj?  fid?  urn  fo  mcfyr  an  mid;  an. 

3.  2luffdmetfccr  is  a  very  idiomatic  term  for  a  braggadocio.  The  verb 
auffefyneiben  is  used  in  the  same  sense. 

4.  dormant  (  =  Fr.  charmant)  is  conversationally  used  instead  of  the 
German  cntjuctenb  or  retjenb. 

5.  Qlbentencr,  'adventure';  the  two  words  being  the  same  in  origin, 
though  the  German  is  merely  a  corruption  of  the  French  ave?iture  (in 
M.  H.  G.  it  is  aventiure). 

6.  The  name  of  Derones  would  seem  to  be  a  mere  fiction.  No 
family  of  that  name  has  yet  been  traced  in  France. 


i24  GOETHE 'S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  III. 

7.  33tltung  should  be  understood  of  bodily  form.  It  is,  however, 
more  commonly  used  of  mental  culture  (em  Qftann  t>on  23tttung.,  a  well 
educated  man). 

8.  The  great  variety  of  theatrical  exhibitions  and  performances. 


Page  59. 

1.  They  did  not  agree  with  our  exterior.  The  children  were 
dressed  in  their  very  best,  and  looked  more  like  little  men  than 
children — according  to  the  formal  fashion  of  that  time.  Hence  their 
childish  conduct  contrasted  all  the  more  with  their  stiff  and  stately 
appearance. 

1.     tct  Sigel,  the  hilt. 

3.  id)  laffe  eg  mir  gef alien,  I  am  satisfied  to  accept  it,  I  am  content. 

4.  augmacfycn  or  afcmacfyen,  to  arrange  matters 

5.  On  the  stage,  a  duel  is  a  mere  pretence;  the  actors  seem  to  hit, 
though  they  do  not.  Hence  we  read  directly  afterwards,  tie  ©tofje 
giengen  neben  auS,  'all  the  thrusts  went  sideways'  without  hitting  (wrongly 
translated  by  Mr  Oxenford :  ■  the  thrusts  followed  close  upon  each  other'). 

6.  oetfUffCCX  takes  both  the  dative  and  accusative  of  the  person, 
though  the  first  is  perhaps  more  correct. 

7.  >JRanbctmt(c$,  almond-milk. 

8.  Ever  since  the  French  had  taken  possession  of  Frankfort. 

9.  {tonal =fcefont>etf,  especially. 

10.  $araten,  parades  (of  troops). 

ir.  9lrmee  is  often  used  in  German  instead  of  the  genuine  term, 
ta3  J&cec. 

Page  60. 

1.  tie  (Men  denotes  the  chiefs  and  leaders. 

2.  tie  $otefte  or  ter  $oteft,  not  a  common  word,  is  thus  explained 
by  Loeper :  'a  landing,  to  which  an  open  flight  of  steps,  and  frequently 
a  double  row,  leads  up;  to  be  connected  with  Podium  [iroMov,  irovs); 
in  the  same  sense  we  employ  $eteft  (pes).1 

3.  tie  ©cncralitdt,  a  collective  noun  =  tie  ©enerafe. 

4.  Soubise,  a  favourite  of  Mad.  de  Pompadour  and  her  royal  lover, 
Lewis  XV.,  a  general  without  any  capacities,  was  beaten  by  Frederick 
the  Great  in  the  glorious  battle  of  Rossbach,  Nov.  5,  1757. 


Bk.  III.]  NOTES.  125 

5.  leutfcftg,  affable. 

6.  Broglio  (or  Broglie)  was  a  far  better  general  than  Soubise, 
but  was  frequently  opposed  and  thwarted  by  him.  He  remained  in 
Frankfort  during  three  years. 

7.  beljent,  agile.     See  our  note  on  Hermann  and  Do?-othea,  2,  19. 

8.  mtfyxmaU  (literally  =  me$r  aU  einmal),  several  times.  The  final  8 
in  this  word  is  that  which  appears  in  so  many  adverbial  formations, 
e.g.  tingg,  xttyti,  IxnH,  etc. 

9.  fcunfel  is  an  adverb  here;  the  news  was  circulated,  but  it  was 
impossible  to  speak  of  it  with  certainty  and  publicity. 

10.  A  German  expression  would  be  fcic  33crfcunbctcn. 

11.  Duke  Ferdinand  of  Brunswick,  one  of  Frederick's  generals, 
survived  the  Seven  years'  war  a  considerable  number  of  years ;  he  was 
the  commander  of  the  Prussian  army  in  the  unfortunate  battle  of  Jena 
(Oct.  14,  1806),  and  died  shortly  afterwards  at  Altona  (near  Hamburg), 
having  been  expelled  from  his  capital  by  the  victorious  French. 

12.  For  the  genitive  after  reflective  verbs,  see  Aue  §  347. 

13.  ntcfyt  fcte  grofjte  is  somewhat  ironical  in  the  sense  of  cine  nicfyt  fcf;r 
groj}e  =  einc  gtemltcty  flcinc. 

14.  Instead  of  in  <3orgen,  Goethe  might  also  have  employed  the 
adj.  forgemwtf  or  beforgt. 

15.  bel;altcn  =  bc^au^tcn,  to  maintain  possession  of  the  bridge. 

16.  SBomfcatfcemcnt  should  be  pronounced  in  the  German  manner  in 
the  first  syllable,  but  in  the  French  way  in  the  last,  which  should  also 
be  accented. 

Page  61. 

1.  Both  those  who  wished  success  to  the  French,  and  the  adherents 
of  the  Prussians. 

2.  Compare  Hermann  and  Dorothea^  1,  159  2)ie  <Sotge,  tic  me^r  ati 
felfcfi  mir  ba3  Uefcel  sctljcrgt  if*. 

3.  anBrtngcn  =  sorbrtngen,  sortragen. 

4.  *  There  was  no  cause  to  fear.' 

5.  The  village  of  Bergen  is  situated  on  a  hilly  ridge,  not  very  far 
from  Frankfort.  It  is  a  favourite  place  for  excursions  with  the  Frankfort 
citizens. 

6.  in  Slufru^r,  'in  an  uproar';  there  was  no  rest  and  quiet  in  the 
house. 

7.  rtytnWf  is  adv.  =mit  JKufym. 


i26  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  III. 

8.  (Sfjactoocfyc,  Passion-week.  On  (Sfjar*  see  above,  p.  46,  n.  4. 
The  battle  of  Bergen  was  fought  on  Good-Friday,  April  13,  1759. 

9.  The  highest  garret  in  the  house. 

10.  SJiaffenfeuer  is  a  general,  simultaneous  discharge. 

11.  facfyte  =  Iangfam,  involving  however  also  the  notion  of  care  and 
caution.     See  our  commentary  on  Hermann  and  Dorothea. 

12.  For  Sajaretfj,  see  our  note  on  Kohlrausch,  p.  38,  4. 

13.  SteBfrauenttofter  =  bag  $(ojtcr  unfrer  ticfcen  ^tauen,  'our  Lady's 
convent'.  There  is  not,  however,  any  monastery  of  this  name  at 
Frankfort,  and  this  mention  appears  to  be  due  to  some  slip  of  Goethe's 
memory;  he  probably  means  the  ^atmeiitenffofter,  which  was  situated 
not  far  from  his  father's  house. 

14.  23arm4ct3tg*fcit,  'charitable  disposition';  compare  ftdj  er&armen, 
to  take  pity. 

Page  62. 

1.  Some  of  the  wounded  soldiers  were,  of  course,  unable  to  accept 
anything,  their  wounds  being  too  severe. 

2.  Meffttte  =  »erttntnbete,  French  blesses. 

3.  fccbrangen,  lit.  to  get  into  a  throng,  to  push  hard;  here  almost 
the  same  as  'distressed'. 

4.  The  expression  is  unusual,  instead  of:  cr  tte§  ftcfj  turdEj  feme 
Setbenfcfyaftttcfyfett  311  bcr  SSermegcnfyett  fytnreifjen  (or  serlettcn). 

5.  Friedberg  is  one  of  the  principal  towns  in  the  district  called 
Wetterau,  between  Frankfort  and  Giessen. 

6.  23ornfyetm,  a  small  village,  now  almost  a  suburb  of  Frank- 
fort. 

7.  It  would  be  more  correct  to  use  the  genitive  with  anftdtfig 
tuerben. 

8.  a&pratfen,  to  rebound. 

9.  teg  fteuerng,  gen.  of  bag  Scucrit,  not  of  bag  Setter. 

10.  ©pcnbe  means  chiefly  a  charitable  gift. 

1 1.  [often  denotes  a  command  here. 

12.  aufpacfen,  '  to  pack  on  a  wagon  or  cart',  a  term  denoting  hurry 
and  precipitation. 

13.  id)  fcatte  auf  crwag,  I  build  (my  hopes)  on  something,  is  a  fre- 
quent expression  for  firm  and  steady  reliance  on  somebody's  word. 
Comp.  also  the  proverbial  phrase,  auf  ifjtt  fannfi  £)u  £aufet  &auen,  you 
may  safely  rely  upon  him. 


Bk.  III.]  NOTES.  127 

Page  65. 

1.     $5e$lic$  is  the  adverb  of  tyocty. 

•2.     n>a3  nnr  fonnten  =  fimet  roir  nur  fenntcn. 

3.  entbefyren  takes  both  the  genitive  and  accusative. 

4.  A  more  common  phrase  would  be  :  cr  entjog  ficfy  unfcrcn  Sicbfcfun* 
gen,  or  cr  ttetgerte  fief),  unfere  Siebfofungen  onjunctymen. 

5.  Observe  the  difference  between  tie  <&cid)c  to  at  and  b.  ©.  nrnr* 
entfdjieben.  The  first  is,  V affaire  etait  decidee;  the  second,  V affaire  Jut 
decidee. 

6.  entlicfj  denotes  that  his  arrival  had  been  anxiously  waited  for. 

7.  Instead  of  bejeigten,  it  might  also  be  bejeugten  :  see,  however,  our 
commentary  on  Hermann  and  Dorothea. 

8.  2BoI;l  is  intended  to  express  the  French  eh  bien. 

9.  In  euertnriUcn  the  t  is  inorganic;  comp.  however  mcinctn?cgen,  tci* 
nctiuegen,  etc. 

10.  QoUat\6n  =  maX)l,  2Ecu)tjcit. 

1  r.     gut  is  used  to  express  compassion,  like  the  E.  '  poor  dear*. 

12.  mocfyte  :  he  did  not  feel  inclined  to  partake  of  their  collation. 

13.  fcaS  2lbentbrot>  is  a  common  term  for  *  supper',  also  called 
?lbcntefjcn. 

14.  Itnorfcnung  is  here  not  exactly  disorder,  but  a  mere  deviation 
from  the  established  order. 

15.  bet  @eite  fd;affcn  =  roegfefyaffen,  put  out  of  the  way. 

16.  The  position  of  ungern  at  the  end  of  the  clause  renders  it  more 
emphatic.  Another  writer  would  probably  have  said  aber  or  menn  aud) 
ungern. 

17.  More  commonly  afjntcn. 

Page  64. 

1.  softer  is  a  more  conversational  form  of  the  prepositional  use  of 
the  adj.  than  soil. 

1.  abtaufen,  *  come  off,  terminate,  end ',  is  conversational  instead  of 
auSge^en. 

3.  Sngrtmm  is  stronger  than  ©rtmrn,  and  perhaps  also  involves  the 
idea  of  smothered  anger. 

4.  The  expression  is  only  conversational  and  very  rude. 

5.  Compare  the  phrase  air  £ctte  fafjren. 


i28  GOETHE S  BOYHOOD.  |Bk.  III. 

6.  gctaffcu,  '  composedly';  compare  the  line  in  Schiller's  ballad, 
3)er  £anfcfcf?ufji : 

Unt>  getaffcn  fcrtngt  er  ken  £antfctyu$  gurudf. 

7.  Compare  the  proverbial  phrase,  mtr  ifl  etn  <Stctn  som  §er$en 
gefatten,  I  have  got  such  a  load  off  my  heart. 

8.  We  should  connect  Unas  fur  ©ujHgfcitcn,  what  a  lot  of  sweet 
things. 

9.  There  are  the  two  expressions,  id?  fcfytafe  fcurcfr  and  icty  burcftfcfytcife 
fcic  Siftacfyt,  I  sleep  through  the  whole  night. 

10.  fcie  2Bacf?e  is  the  common  term  for  tie  ^auptroacfye,  where  there  is 
also  a  place  of  detention  for  prisoners,  previous  to  their  being  conducted 
to  the  proper  prison. 

n.     £)te  ©ufcaltcrncn  =  uutcrgeorfcnete  SBcamten. 
1 2.     rcge  mad;cn  =  erregen. 


Tage  65. 

1 .     ftcf>  scrftecf en  —  tterfargen  Heifcn. 
•2.     nur  =  mtnt>cflen!?,  njcntgitenS. 

3.  '  With  that  great  self-command  he  used  to  have  over  himself/ 

4.  Comp.  the  familiar  phrase,  fetn  9Jiiitl)ci;cn  an  ©tnem  fitfylen,  to  vent 
one's  spleen  (passion)  on  someone.  SRttQ  has  here  almost  the  same 
meaning  as  Unmutt)  or  2cttcnfcf;aft. 

5.  In  the  same  manner  we  say  etn  @efpr»lcty  futyren,  to  carry  on  a 
conversation.  % 

6.  Scty  tfjue  mir  ttxvaS  fcarauf  ju  ®ute,  I  am  proud  of  this. 

7.  ©tttKTg  vcrpi3nen,  '  to  forbid  something  on  pain  of...'  (from  the 
Lat.  poena). 

8.  St  Jean  was  Count  Thorane's  valet. 

9.  gut  =  ftarf,  frdfttg.  There  was  no  doubt  a  considerable  difference 
in  outward  appearance  between  the  two  men — perhaps  a  slim,  spare 
Frenchman,  and  a  somewhat  bulky  German. 

i  o.     Seiner  is  the  genitive :  two  such  as  he. 

Page  66. 

1 .  fctycel  denotes  an  oblique  way  of  looking  ;  here  •  they  look  askance 
at  us*. 

2      They  pretend  to  be  citizens  of  an  imperial  town  ? 


Bk.  1 1 1. 1  NOTES.  129 

3.  The  usurper  meant  here  is  Frederick  II.  The  'faithful  allies' 
of  the  endangered  Emperor  are,  of  course,  the  French. 

4.  ui  u)rem  £f)ctte  =  i§rc8  ZfytiU,  i^rerfett^,  in  their  turn.  The  burden 
of  the  French  was,  however,  no  slight  one  upon  the  city  of  Frankfort, 
as  is  amply  proved  by  the  accounts  still  extant  in  the  city  registers. 

5.  3Reicr)8fetnb  =  Seinb  bc8  9Retct)e«.  The  German  Empire  had  also 
joined  the  alliance  against  Frederick. 

6.  Only  the  minority  of  the  citizens  detest  the  French  and  are 
opposed  to  the  Emperor. 

7.  »erbtenbet  is  explained  in  our  note  on  Kohlrausch,  p.  4,  1. 

8.  ftct)  unterjteI)en  =  roagen. 

9.  4  Be  they  as  many  as  they  please.' 

10.  merf en  merely  means  '  to  perceive ' ;  ftcr)  (dat.)  merf  en  is  rather 
'to  remember',  literally  'to  make  a  mark'  ('  when  found,  make  a  note 
of  it!'). 

11.  The  familiar  9}acr;bar  {voisin)  denotes  that  the  Count  is  '  coming 
round '. 

12.  cin  falfcr)er  @ct)ritt  is  said  in  imitation  of  the  Fr.  faux  pas;  the 
common  German  phrase  is  ctn  ftetyltritt,  or  cine  oerfer)rte  J&antlung. 

Page  67. 

1.     er  gejiemt  is  less  common  than  er  jtenu. 

1.  3n  einer  <Scicr)e  mttfprecf;cn,  to  interfere  in  something,  to  have  a 
voice  in  a  matter. 

3.  25er  braoe  SRann,  le  brave  homme.  Comp.  Burger's  splendid 
Siefe  00m  brazen  Oftanne. 

4.  bunfel  is  used  like  the  Fr.  obscur.     Comp.  Goethe  in  Faust ; 

OJiein  iCater  roar  etn  bunftcr  @§renmanrt. 

5.  @3  arg  mactycn  is  a  phrase  like  e8  toll,  eg  lufrig  tretben,  to  manage 
things  merrily,  madly,  etc  The  sense  is,  '  provided  they  did  not  mis- 
conduct themselves  too  flagrantly'. 

6.  @3  iiber  fid?  geroinnen,  to  do  something  against  the  grain,  to  bring 
oneself  to  do  something  unpleasant. 

7.  ^ofjen  is  perhaps  a  translation  of  the  Fr.  droleries,  'your  jests, 
jokes '. 

8.  We  notice  here  a  flagrant  imitation  of  the  French  construction : 
ces  hom?nes,  sont-ils  done  tout-h-fait  aveugles  ?  In  German  it  would  be : 
ftnb  benn  biefe  2)ienfcr)en  gcm$  oerblenbet  ? 

9.  tie  CRetirate  =  t>er  ^iicfjug. 

G.  B.  Q 


i3o  GOETHES   BOYHOOD.  [Bk.  III. 

io.     Qu  £<5nbf  in  ten  @c$oo§  legcn  is  a  conversational  and  proverbial 
phrase  for  sitting  down  and  doing  nothing. 
n.     More  usually,  jur  £ant. 

12.  Ce proprietaire-la  que  veut-il  done  ? 

13.  pla§te  =  witrbc  platen,  if  we  had  been  beaten  and  the  enemy 
were  throwing  shell  into  the  town. 

14.  ttermcitebett,  'confounded' — a  strong  expression  not  fit  for  the 
drawing-room.     Comp.  Latin  maledieere,  Fr.  maudit. 

15.  nictyt  is  superfluous;  it  would  be  correct,  if  the  thought  were 
expressed  in  the  following  manner:  micfy  fo  feljr  gentrt  Ija&e,  tafj  tcfy  metne 
Sanbfarten  ntd>t  aufnagetn  lief?.     For  the  fact  itself  comp.  above  p.  52. 

1 6.  During  the  whole  day  of  battle  they  ought  to  have  been  on 
their  knees  praying  for  our  success. 

17.  Now  more  commonly  tag  ®tft. 

Page  68. 

1.  augfefyrcten  =\>crfd)rcten,  they  will  clamour  against  you  as  a  tyrant 
and  barbarian. 

2.  To  feel  edified  by  the  good- will  of  the  master  of  the  house. 

3.  She  has  anticipated  all  your  wishes. 

4.  It  is  very  common  in  Germany  for  a  friend  of  the  house  to  be 
treated  by  the  children  as  their  '  uncle'. 

5.  More  correctly,  tc$  Ijabe  (£ud>  njegen  ©uerer  Saffung  berounbert. 

6.  An  imitation  of  the  Fr.  adorer.  The  interpreter  is  speaking 
throughout  in  the  exaggerated  style  of  French  complimentary  language. 

Page  69. 

1.  The  Count  means  to  say  that  vanity  is  not  his  weakness.  (Srtroag 
treffen  is  'to  hit'. 

2.  unertuartet  is  an  adverb. 

3.  ftcfy  entfyaften  is  another  of  those  numerous  reflective  verbs  which 
govern  the  genitive. 

4.  Observe  the  preposition  which  is  very  idiomatic  in  this  phrase, 
in  English  we  should,  of  course,  say  into. 

5.  (Sttuag  fcerfefytafen  means  to  lose  something  by  sleeping. 

Page  70. 

1 .  He  never  introduced  any  variations  into  his  tale  when  repeating  it. 

2.  A  Spaniard's  bearing  is  more  stately,  a  Frenchman's  more 
lively. 


Bk.  III.]  NOTES.  131 

3.  More  correctly  (on  account  of  the  difference  of  genders)  ofcet 
fe inert  (St)arafter. 

4.  x»erp5nte,  see  above  p.  65,  n.  7. 

5.  oberfter  $oH$eimeifter,  chef  de police. 

6.  in  fict)  gqogner  is  unusual  instead  of  met)r  jurucfgejogen. 

7.  ftufentoetfe,   gradatim,    always   rising   from  a  lower  to  a  higher 
appointment. 

8.  fcte  (St)arge  is  a  French  term  instead  of  the  German  tie  5lnficUung. 


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